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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours is Keith left sitting in the Navy doctor's office?

2. What is Willie's first choice for duty?

3. When Queeg panics in the fog, how many times does he circle the bridge?

4. What is the title of Tom Keefer's book?

5. When Queeg returns to the ship after getting in trouble at ComServPac, what does he find Stilwell doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Roland Keefer's ship?

3. What does Willie write in the love letter for which Chapter 39 is named?

4. List some of the irrational and terrible things that Queeg does in Chapter 15.

5. What is Captain White like?

6. What happens while Willie is distracted and watching Maryk swim out to recover the float?

7. What happens after Queeg receives the verdict for Stilwell's court martial?

8. What does Dr. Bird do to upset the board during his testimony?

9. What explanation does Queeg give his superiors for losing the target?

10. What does Willie do after his dinner with Uncle Lloyd?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The main character of "The Caine Mutiny", Willie Keith, undergoes great personal transformation in the novel. Trace his growth through the novel and how he changed as a person.

Essay Topic 2

Trouble seems to follow Willie Keith wherever he goes. What does he do to get himself in trouble, or is it just bad luck and timing? How is this character established by the author in the first chapters?

Essay Topic 3

The author writes that "The Kwajalein invasion... was a grand classic of sea warfare, a lesson for the generations. There has never been a more wisely conceived and surgically executed operation. As a young man's first taste of war, however, it was too rich, too easy, too fancy, too perfect." Why do you think the author described the invasion that way? What effect will this invasion have on Willie? Will it mislead him or give him the wrong idea?

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