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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. What two personal items does Willie have when he unpacks in San Francisco?
(a) A letter from May and spending money from his mom.
(b) A letter from May and a letter from his mother.
(c) A record of May singing and a letter from his dad.
(d) A good luck charm from May and a letter from his dad.

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

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

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

5. How many midshipmen gather for the review of the troops?
(a) Everyone in Furnald Hall.
(b) 200.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 1,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to Willie in Chapter 15 asking if his six months restriction to the ship counts in San Francisco?

2. Who receives orders transferring them off the Caine?

3. Of the 112 publications carried aboard the Caine, how many do they use?

4. In Chapter 21, where does the Caine receive orders to go?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Tom Keefer explains his philosophy of the Navy to Willie. What is it?

2. Why does Commander Merton give Willie another chance after the disaster on the parade grounds?

3. What happens during Willie's first watch?

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

5. Why does Willie get in trouble in Chapter 12?

6. How does Queeg call attention away from his cowardly behavior at the end of Chapter 20?

7. Describe the circle of compliance.

8. What happened to Roland Keefer's ship?

9. Why does the author use the title "Through the Looking Glass" for Chapter 1?

10. Why does Willie decide to open his father's letter earlier than promised?

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