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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Red Cross letter say about Stilwell's mother?
(a) That she has already died.
(b) That she isn't dying.
(c) That she is on the verge of death.
(d) That she is sick but not dying.

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

3. How many hours into the water restriction does Maryk ask Queeg to lift the suspension?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 48 hours.
(d) 36 hours.

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

5. What is the location of Ulithi Atoll where the Caine is sent in Chapter 25?
(a) Halfway between Iwo Jima and Bimini.
(b) Halfway between the Marshall Islands and Hawaii.
(c) Halfway between Guam and the Palaus.
(d) Halfway between Fiji and Bora Bora.

6. How does Roland Keefer die?
(a) Blood loss.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) A staph infection.
(d) Gunshot wound.

7. When Maryk comes to Keefer to talk about Queeg, what is Keefer reading?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

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

9. How many demerits does Willie receive for being late at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) 5 demerits.
(b) 40 demerits.
(c) 20 demerits.
(d) 50 demerits.

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

11. Who summons Willie from the Caine?
(a) His mother.
(b) Keggs.
(c) Lieutenant Keefer.
(d) Admiral Reynold.

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

13. When Willie arrives at Pearl Harbor navy base what does he find?
(a) That his ship won't leave for a couple of weeks.
(b) That his ship is getting ready to head out.
(c) That the Caine shipped out that morning.
(d) That his orders have been changed.

14. 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) Goethe's "Faust."
(b) One of Captain de Vriess' mysteries.
(c) "On a Destroyer's Bridge."
(d) "Moby Dick."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harding vomit into?

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

3. At dinner, May wants to discuss a book that Willie has never read before? Which book?

4. Whose water restriction is continued for 48 more hours because of non-compliance?

5. In Chapter 24, Queeg set his sights on a sailor other than Stilwell. Who is it?

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