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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who do most of the men smoke?
(a) Joints.
(b) Pipes.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Cigars.

4. What does Mildred say her grandfather used to work as?
(a) A carpenter.
(b) A puddler.
(c) A mechanic.
(d) A miner.

5. What does Yank say all the engineers are?
(a) Turkeys.
(b) Dullards.
(c) Big heads.
(d) Yellow.

6. What word Yank uses do the men repeat?
(a) Piebald.
(b) Work.
(c) Fangs.
(d) Think.

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

8. What is Yank's nickname for Paddy?
(a) Sing-song.
(b) Mr. Whiskey.
(c) Jack.
(d) Harp.

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

10. What does Yank say he has forgotten?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Real life.
(c) Himself.
(d) His women.

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

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

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

14. How does Yank pronounce the word think?
(a) Tink.
(b) Tank.
(c) Fink.
(d) Thank.

15. What does Mildred call the Yank?
(a) A filthy beast.
(b) A devil.
(c) A dirty ape.
(d) A mad monster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Paddy's words do the men repeat?

2. What does Long call Mildred?

3. What does the author say the rivelets of sweat have traced on the mens' backs?

4. What does Yank tell the men to pile the furnace with?

5. What does Paddy say the engineer was pointing at them like?

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