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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yank say is the ship's booze?
(a) Oil.
(b) The wind.
(c) The waves.
(d) Coal.

2. What does Mildred say she will do with her dress if she gets it dirty?
(a) Give to one of the workers.
(b) Throw it into the sea.
(c) Put it in the washing machine.
(d) Use it for rags.

3. What do the men say Yank will get if he does not wash?
(a) The itch.
(b) The measles.
(c) The flu.
(d) The scurvy.

4. What does Long say the engineers were exhibiting them like?
(a) Artifacts.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Cattle.

5. What does Long say is Mildred's father's political beliefs?
(a) Communism.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Capitialism.

6. What does Yank say he will join?
(a) The nunnery.
(b) St. John's Ambulance.
(c) The Salvation Army.
(d) The monastry.

7. What does Mildred say age makes a person?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Naive.
(c) Daft.
(d) Mellow.

8. What does the author say makes a teeth gritting sound?
(a) The grunts of the men.
(b) The scrape of boots against the steel floor.
(c) The grind of steel against steel.
(d) The opening of the furnace doors.

9. How does O'Neill describe Mildred's aunt?
(a) Selfish and uncaring.
(b) Pompous and proud.
(c) Gentle and loving.
(d) Fun and jovial.

10. What does Yank say Paddy is always doing?
(a) Grunting.
(b) Guffing.
(c) Snorting.
(d) Beefing.

11. What kind of food does Mildred say her aunt reminds her of?
(a) Steak and kidney pie.
(b) Biscuits and gravy.
(c) A cold pork pudding.
(d) Bread dripping.

12. Where does scene three take place?
(a) The captain's cabin.
(b) The engine room.
(c) The stokehole.
(d) The upper deck.

13. What does Yank say is his favorite climate?
(a) Rain.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Snow.
(d) Hell.

14. What does Paddy say ten doctors and nurses will be feeding Mildred?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Cakes.
(c) Salts.
(d) Vitamins.

15. In which city did Mildred work as a social worker?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) New York.
(d) Memphis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of metal does Yank say he is?

2. What does Yank shout at the "Belfast bum" for doing?

3. Where do the voices say they are going to after hell?

4. Who is escorting Mildred to the stoke hole?

5. What kind of expression does the coal dust give the men?

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