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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many psychiatrists examined Queeg at the hospital?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

2. Why can't the Caine join the rest of the sweepers for the surrender ceremonies?
(a) It is docked in Pearl Harbor.
(b) It has been junked in Okinawa.
(c) Its rudder is broken.
(d) Its boiler pumps are broken.

3. What does Willie see on the radar when he goes to take a look?
(a) Twenty blips that look like submarines.
(b) Nothing but sea spray.
(c) Nothing because they are broken.
(d) A colossal sized storm.

4. Admiral Halsey commits to an air strike in support of what?
(a) General Bradley's Battle of Midway.
(b) Admiral Nimitz's landing at Iwo Jima.
(c) General MacArthur's taking of Guadalcanal.
(d) General MacArthur's Mindoro landing.

5. What does Greenwald keep drawing on his legal pad?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Gorillas.

6. Where is Barney Greenwald from?
(a) San Diego, California.
(b) Phoenix, Arizona.
(c) Manhattan, New York.
(d) Albuquerque, New Mexico.

7. Who joined Willie and his mother for dinner at Twenty-one?
(a) May.
(b) Maryk.
(c) Ducely.
(d) Uncle Lloyd.

8. How long does Willie sit and listen to May sing at the Grotto Club?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Five hours.
(c) Three hours.
(d) One hour.

9. What is Willie doing when he hears the news of Japan's surrender?
(a) He is meeting with the officers.
(b) He is eating.
(c) He is reading.
(d) He is on the bridge.

10. During the storm, how many days do the sailors go without hot food?
(a) Two days.
(b) Three days.
(c) One day.
(d) The storm doesn't affect the kitchen.

11. What was Captain Breakstone's dream?
(a) To command a battleship.
(b) To be the best lawyer in the Navy.
(c) To command a transport.
(d) To fly on a carrier.

12. What can become useless in a typhoon?
(a) The engines.
(b) The weather vane.
(c) The compass.
(d) A rudder.

13. How does Willie feel when he reads that he's being recommended for a court martial?
(a) He feels like May just broke up with him.
(b) He feels like he's reading a doctor's report that he's dying.
(c) He feels like he did when his father died.
(d) He feels like a worker who has just been fired.

14. Who is the grand historical figure in Willie's life?
(a) Mussolini.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Queeg.
(d) Tojo.

15. In what did Queeg acknowledge that Maryk was an excellent sailor?
(a) In a recommendation for a medal.
(b) In his recommendation for promotion.
(c) In his two fitness reports.
(d) In his meeting with Admiral Halsey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Barney Greenwald does what in the Navy?

2. What reason does Willie give for Stilwell's mental collapse?

3. What was the result of Queeg's action in the Barzun incident?

4. Which yeoman reports that the mess boys ate the strawberries?

5. How long does the court debate over the verdict?

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