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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Girard catch the sailors on the ship doing?
(a) Making inappropriate comments about her.
(b) Making fun of Pulver.
(c) Stealing food from the kitchen.
(d) Spying on the nurses as they shower.

2. What is the first question Roberts' asks Pulver when he gets back to their room?
(a) Why it is so hot in the room.
(b) What Pulver is doing in his locker.
(c) Whether Dolan has brought his letter.
(d) Where the Captain is.

3. How does the Captain punish Roberts when he becomes angry at Roberts for disobeying him?
(a) He is placed in solitary confinement.
(b) He cannot go to the island any more.
(c) He has to swab the entire deck.
(d) He is confined to his quarters.

4. At the beginning of the play, with which shipmate is Roberts talking?
(a) Mannion.
(b) Matthews.
(c) Doc.
(d) Jacoby.

5. Why can't Pulver have lunch with the Captain?
(a) He has to finish his chores.
(b) The Captain has ordered him to his barracks.
(c) He has to go to the hospital on the island.
(d) He is on watch for the afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dolan say about Roberts' letter?

2. Why does the Captain tell Roberts not to release any of the fresh fruit while they are unloading cargo?

3. What does Roberts tell Doc he spots while on watch the previous night?

4. What does Roberts pick up at the end of Act 1, Scene 4?

5. How long has it been since the sailors have had a vacation?

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