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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gets made fun of for having a liaison in Australia with a girl who has lots of moles?
(a) Queeg.
(b) Maryk.
(c) Gorton.
(d) Keefer.

2. When the Caine is finally ready to go out in open waters with its new captain, what book does Captain Queeg bring with him to the bridge?
(a) One of Captain de Vriess' mysteries.
(b) Goethe's "Faust."
(c) "On a Destroyer's Bridge."
(d) "Moby Dick."

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

4. What type of sandwich does Willie indulge in while tied to the destroyer?
(a) Roast beef.
(b) Hot ham and cheese.
(c) A reuben.
(d) Roquefort and white bread.

5. In Chapter 24, the meeting Queeg holds with all the officers lasts how long?
(a) 48 hours.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 36 hours.
(d) 12 hours.

6. What is the third set of orders the Caine receives after Queeg takes command?
(a) They are to go to DMS training in San Diego.
(b) They are to do rigorous target training near Pearl.
(c) They are to go stateside for an overhaul.
(d) They are to head to the Marshall Islands.

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

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

9. Captain Queeg goes home to what state?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Utah.

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

11. What type of place is Willie's family home?
(a) A twelve room Dutch colonial.
(b) A modest Cape Cod bungalow.
(c) A Tudor style estate on 10 acres.
(d) A modern apartment on the upper east side of Manhattan.

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

13. When Queeg returns to the ship after getting in trouble at ComServPac, what does he find Stilwell doing?
(a) Reading a comic on watch.
(b) Sleeping on watch.
(c) Sorting lines.
(d) Dancing naked on the bridge.

14. 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.

15. After a particularly cowardly performance by Queeg, Keefer calls him a what?
(a) Poltroon.
(b) Yellow-bellied coward.
(c) Despicable.
(d) Chicken.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many transfer requests has Tom Keefer submitted by Chapter 25?

2. How many hours into the water restriction does Maryk ask Queeg to lift the suspension?

3. Willie is assigned a bunk in the clip shack, a metal box on the main deck. How hot is it in the clip shack?

4. While on shore leave in San Francisco, where does Willie take May?

5. What is Willie's first assignment for his officers' qualification course?

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