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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, "Death and Ice Cream".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Queeg's illegal liquor stash?
(a) The sailors drop it, and the bottles break.
(b) It's delivered safe and sound in the special crate that Langhorne built.
(c) It gets dropped overboard into the bay.
(d) Someone breaks into the stash and steals several bottles.

2. Who receives orders transferring them off the Caine?
(a) Harding.
(b) Rabbitt.
(c) Keefer.
(d) Queeg.

3. What is Willie's first assignment for his officers' qualification course?
(a) To write an essay on the history of the ship.
(b) To assemble and disassemble his rifle.
(c) To make two sketches of the Caine.
(d) To list every man assigned to the ship.

4. What does Keith have to do to retrieve his gun's spring?
(a) Squeeze underneath his bed.
(b) Stack furniture on his bed and reach the ceiling.
(c) Climb out the open window.
(d) Carefully extricate it from Keefer's ear.

5. When Queeg and Keefer have a private meeting, where does it take place?
(a) In the clip shack.
(b) On deck.
(c) The shower.
(d) The galley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Navy find during Willie's physical?

2. Queeg stays in his cabin only eating what?

3. Maryk grew up where?

4. Who comes to Willie in Chapter 15 asking if his six months restriction to the ship counts in San Francisco?

5. May Wynn auditions by singing a song by which composer?

(see the answer key)

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