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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of Paddy's words do the men repeat?
(a) Fallen.
(b) Girl.
(c) Love.
(d) Blue.

3. What does a voice say Yank has scared Mildred out of?
(a) Talking to the working classes.
(b) Leaving her home.
(c) A year' growth.
(d) Coming in to the stokers hole.

4. What Irish city does Yank mention in the third scene?
(a) Cork.
(b) Belfast.
(c) Newry.
(d) Dublin.

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

6. What does Paddy tell his crew he is never too drunk to do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Sail.
(c) Drink.
(d) Dance.

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

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

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

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

11. What kind of expression does the coal dust give the men?
(a) A sinister expression.
(b) A comedic expression.
(c) A puppet expression.
(d) A gothic expression.

12. Where do the voices say they are going to after hell?
(a) Bristol.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Southampton.
(d) New York.

13. What nationality does Yank say beer is for?
(a) German.
(b) Czech.
(c) British.
(d) Dutch.

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

15. Where does scene two take place?
(a) The engine room.
(b) The upper deck.
(c) The captain's cabin.
(d) The promenade deck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two engineers arrive in the stoke room with Mildred?

2. What do the men use to throw open the furnace doors?

3. What does Mildred call the second engineer when he leaves?

4. In which city did Mildred work as a social worker?

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

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