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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Paddy say is broke?
(a) His back.
(b) His legs.
(c) His heart.
(d) His will.

3. Where does scene four take place?
(a) The engine room.
(b) The fireman's forecastle.
(c) The stoker's room.
(d) The promenade deck.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author compare the mens' throats to?

2. What does Yank say he could see through Mildred's hands?

3. What does Long say is Mildred's father's political beliefs?

4. What does Yank say he has forgotten?

5. What does Mildred's aunt call her as Mildred walks away?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Yank get angry when a woman looks at the monkey fur coat in the shop?

2. What image does the author say he is trying to set?

3. What does Rodin's The Thinker represent?

4. How does the gorilla react to Yank?

5. Describe the setting in scene six.

6. Describe the setting in scene seven?

7. How does Yank react when Mildred leaves the engine room?

8. Why is the secretary suspicious of Yank's behavior?

9. How does Yank get the men working harder?

10. What does Yank say he remembers about Mildred?

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