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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Willie attend college?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

2. 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 refuses to go.
(c) He goes with him right away.
(d) He's evasive and won't give a straight answer.

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

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

5. What distracts Willie during the marching for the review?
(a) A dog that had gotten loose.
(b) The sight of his father.
(c) May Wynn standing by the fence.
(d) Keefer making funny faces while he marched.

6. How many transfer requests has Tom Keefer submitted by Chapter 25?
(a) 10.
(b) 17.
(c) 29.
(d) 42.

7. 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 list every man assigned to the ship.
(d) To make two sketches of the Caine.

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

11. When Queeg panics in the fog, how many times does he circle the bridge?
(a) Four.
(b) Once.
(c) He doesn't. He orders Stilwell to circle the bridge.
(d) Ten.

12. At the end of Chapter 23, Maryk is in his bunk reading what book?
(a) "Mental Disorders."
(b) "The Navy Code of Health."
(c) "How To Know Your Captain Is Crazy."
(d) "The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illness."

13. Maryk grew up where?
(a) Portland.
(b) Seattle.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Los Angeles.

14. In Chapter 16, Willie surprises himself by speaking highly of whom?
(a) Keefer.
(b) Captain Queeg.
(c) Captain De Vriess.
(d) Admiral Raymond.

15. Who aboard the Caine adopts a huge crab?
(a) Keefer.
(b) Whittaker.
(c) Paynter.
(d) Stilwell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Willie starts obsessing about what one night during watch in Chapter 24?

2. What type of medal will Roland Keefer be awarded?

3. In Chapter 24, Queeg restricts what for six months?

4. Willie's father dies from what?

5. What does Harding vomit into?

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