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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Willie starts obsessing about what one night during watch in Chapter 24?
(a) May.
(b) A monogrammed coffee mug.
(c) His father.
(d) An ice cream scoop.

2. What was the Caine supposed to escort on its mission?
(a) Small groups of Navy seals.
(b) Destroyers.
(c) LVTs.
(d) Battleships.

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

4. What is the name of the luxurious destroyer that the Caine is secured to?
(a) The Saturn.
(b) The Pluto.
(c) The Roosevelt.
(d) The Cadillac.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of sandwich does Willie indulge in while tied to the destroyer?

2. After a particularly cowardly performance by Queeg, Keefer calls him a what?

3. May Wynn auditions by singing a song by which composer?

4. What type of place is Willie's family home?

5. When the Caine sails out of San Francisco, it is missing how many men?

Short Essay Questions

1. During the trial, what excuse does Queeg give for the towline incident?

2. What are some of the quirky ways in which the crew begins to respond to their own boredom?

3. What does Willie overhear while listening in to the Marine channel on the radio?

4. Why does Willie not wake up at the beginning of the typhoon?

5. What does Queeg do to insure that the men do not pass keys to friends on the Harte?

6. How did the other sailors on the Caine testify?

7. What does Willie find in the mail at Pearl?

8. What happens between Willie and Queeg in Saipan?

9. What reason does Willie give May for introducing her by her real name to his mother?

10. What are the two bottles of champagne referenced in the title of Chapter 17?

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