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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens on Bilging Day?
(a) Keggs gets bilged.
(b) Keith fails the rifle reassembly.
(c) Keith makes the highest score.
(d) Keefer makes the highest score.

2. Queeg insists the men will not dehydrate because they will get enough water from what?
(a) The ice cream.
(b) Their daily water ration of 1 pint.
(c) Their mess meals.
(d) Their coffee and soup.

3. After one of the sailors is reassigned, how long does Queeg stay in his cabin?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Eleven days.
(c) Two days.
(d) A week.

4. What does Harding vomit into?
(a) Willie's hat.
(b) His shirt pocket.
(c) His hat.
(d) A canteen.

5. What does the crew of the Caine do while the Marines are invading Namur?
(a) Clean the deck.
(b) Play cards.
(c) Eat ice cream.
(d) Stand watch.

6. Willie's father dies from what?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Melanoma.
(c) An infection.
(d) Lung cancer.

7. When Maryk asks Keefer to go with him to see the medical officer of the Pluto, how does Keefer respond?
(a) He says he'll go as soon as Queeg is asleep.
(b) He's evasive and won't give a straight answer.
(c) He refuses to go.
(d) He goes with him right away.

8. Stilwell buys a copy of what book?
(a) "The Art of Self-Defense: A Sailor's Guide to Court Martial."
(b) "The Navy Guide of Court Martials."
(c) "Military Justice: How to Get a Fair Shake."
(d) "Courts and Boards."

9. Whose water restriction is continued for 48 more hours because of non-compliance?
(a) Stilwell.
(b) The sailors.
(c) The officers.
(d) Jorgensen.

10. What officer visits the Caine in Chapter 21?
(a) Admiral Nimitz.
(b) Captain De Vriess.
(c) Captain Grace.
(d) Commander Frazer.

11. How long does Willie eavesdrop on the Marines over the short-wave radio?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

12. Queeg stays in his cabin only eating what?
(a) Ice cream with maple syrup.
(b) K-rations.
(c) Scrambled eggs.
(d) Saltine crackers.

13. Which game do Willie and Keggs play aboard the Moulton?
(a) Chess.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Parcheesi.
(d) Gin rummy.

14. What does the Navy find during Willie's physical?
(a) Arthritis.
(b) Lordosis.
(c) Scoliosis.
(d) Flat arches.

15. In Chapter 19, the Caine is sent to help capture what island?
(a) Kwajalein Atoll.
(b) Henbeii Atoll.
(c) Morimoto Atoll.
(d) Fiji Atoll.

Short Answer Questions

1. Willie doesn't really understand the language surrounding the maneuvers. What is one of the names that Carmody mentions?

2. What does Keith have to do to retrieve his gun's spring?

3. At the end of Chapter 23, Maryk is in his bunk reading what book?

4. In Chapter 24, the meeting Queeg holds with all the officers lasts how long?

5. What two personal items does Willie have when he unpacks in San Francisco?

(see the answer keys)

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