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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mildred call the second engineer when he leaves?
(a) An oaf.
(b) A poser.
(c) A ogre.
(d) A nut.

2. What does the author say the rivelets of sweat have traced on the mens' backs?
(a) Oceans.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Couples.
(d) Maps.

3. What does Yank tell the men to pile the furnace with?
(a) Scran.
(b) The gourmet stuff.
(c) Anything that packs a punch.
(d) Grub.

4. Where does the coal stick to the men?
(a) The hair.
(b) Their eyes.
(c) Their nails.
(d) Their ears.

5. What are all the men in the fireman's forecastle dressed in?
(a) Dungarees.
(b) Tracksuits.
(c) Jeans.
(d) Boiler suits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does Paddy say the ocean is?

2. What do the men say Yank will get if he does not wash?

3. What does Paddy tell his crew he is never too drunk to do?

4. What does Mildred say she has permission to visit?

5. What do the men say Yank has forgotten to do?

(see the answer key)

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