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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Willie reading as the boat began to roll hard in Chapter 29?
(a) "Moby Dick."
(b) "The Old Curiosity Shop."
(c) "Hamlet."
(d) "Mutiny on the Bounty."

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

3. Halsey's ship has what that is as big as the Caine's main guns?
(a) Deck guns.
(b) A pelican hook.
(c) A masthead.
(d) An anchor.

4. On the way to Admiral Halsey's ship, the men see a lot of what?
(a) Japanese planes.
(b) Dolphins.
(c) Sailors sunbathing.
(d) Gray jellyfish.

5. The book describes Willie's home as being the same except for what?
(a) His dad's office was no longer there.
(b) The smell of his dad's cigars.
(c) His room had been redecorated.
(d) The lawn was not as well kept.

6. Who tells Willie that the mess boys ate the strawberries?
(a) Harding.
(b) Ducely.
(c) Maryk.
(d) Keefer.

7. What is Barney's specialty outside of the Navy?
(a) Bankruptcy law.
(b) Union cases.
(c) Criminal law.
(d) Indian cases.

8. What recurring dream does Willie remember from his childhood?
(a) Showing up for school without clothes.
(b) God as a jack-in-the-box.
(c) A ship sinking in a typhoon.
(d) A giant serpent eating him.

9. Barney Greenwald does what in the Navy?
(a) He's a medic.
(b) He's a cook.
(c) He's a fighter pilot.
(d) He's a communications officer.

10. Whom does the nickname "Old Swandive" refer to?
(a) Captain Breakstone.
(b) Captain Queeg.
(c) Admiral Halsey.
(d) Captain Keefer.

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

12. For how many weeks was Queeg observed for signs of insanity?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

13. Whose wife keeps having dreams about typhoons?
(a) Meatloaf's.
(b) Maryk's.
(c) Harding's.
(d) Stilwell's.

14. Dr. Bird comments that most military careers are a result of what?
(a) Strict fathers and emotionally unavailable mothers.
(b) A lack of intelligence.
(c) Compensation for emotional disturbance.
(d) A way out of tough situations.

15. Challee contrasts whose years of service with Queeg's?
(a) De Vriess'.
(b) Greenwald's.
(c) Willie's.
(d) Stilwell's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what article does Maryk relieve Queeg?

2. Who joined Willie and his mother for dinner at Twenty-one?

3. Which potential witness is left in a vegetative state after shock therapy?

4. What is May doing when Willie gets back to New York?

5. When was Queeg first examined by a psychiatrist?

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