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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 Paddy is always doing?
(a) Grunting.
(b) Snorting.
(c) Beefing.
(d) Guffing.

2. What do the men say Yank has forgotten to do?
(a) Pay their wages.
(b) Eat his dinner.
(c) Put on his shirt.
(d) Wash himself.

3. What kind of ship is the Flying Dutchman?
(a) A fishing ship.
(b) A Spanish Armada.
(c) A ghost ship.
(d) A pirate ship.

4. What does Yank tell his friends to choke off?
(a) The engines.
(b) The noise.
(c) The jokes.
(d) The card game.

5. Who does Long say told him about Mildred?
(a) A steward.
(b) An engineer.
(c) The captain.
(d) A cabin boy.

6. What did Mildred study at university?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Physiology.

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

8. What does the author compare the mens' throats to?
(a) Opera singers.
(b) Sopranos.
(c) Ship whistles.
(d) Phonograph horns.

9. What does Mildred see swirling against the sky?
(a) Black smoke.
(b) Seagulls.
(c) Red clouds.
(d) Grey smoke.

10. What does Yank tell Paddy he is as nutty as?
(a) A nun.
(b) A cuckoo.
(c) A bug.
(d) A monk.

11. In what country does Yank sing a lass waits for him?
(a) Canada.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

12. What does Paddy say the engineer was pointing at them like?
(a) A man in a circus.
(b) A professor in a musuem.
(c) A spaceman on Mars.
(d) A slavedriver on a plantation.

13. What does Yank say is the ship's middle name?
(a) Power.
(b) Delicate.
(c) Strength.
(d) Speed.

14. What does Paddy say is wrong with Yank?
(a) He is seasick.
(b) He has fallen in love.
(c) He has the workman's blues.
(d) He is homesick.

15. What does the author say the bodies of the men shine with?
(a) Soap.
(b) Oil.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Sweat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal do the men say the dirt will make spot on Yank like?

2. What does Yank say is the ship's booze?

3. What does Aunt tell Mildred she loathes?

4. What does Paddy say ten doctors and nurses will be feeding Mildred?

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

(see the answer keys)

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