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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has submitted the transfer request that gets Roberts transferred off the cargo ship?
(a) Doc.
(b) Roberts.
(c) The crew.
(d) The Captain.

2. Doc and what other sailor do not believe that Roberts is deliberately looking for a promotion on the cargo ship?
(a) Pulver.
(b) The Captain.
(c) Dolan.
(d) Dowdy.

3. After Pulver's prank has failed, how does he feel?
(a) He feels inspired to try again.
(b) He feels like he let Roberts down.
(c) He feels thankful that he does not have to go through with it.
(d) He feels angry that the prank does not work.

4. About what does Doc think that Roberts is panicked?
(a) The thought that the Captain may never get pranked.
(b) The possibility of not getting his promotion.
(c) The idea that he is loosing friends on the ship.
(d) The possibility of not getting into combat.

5. After the fight on the island, what happens to the sailors and the ship?
(a) The ship is restricted, liberty is cancelled.
(b) Nothing happens to the ship but the sailors are all demoted.
(c) The sailors are on probation and the ship is fined.
(d) The ship is vandalized and the sailors scared.

6. During the fight between the sailors and soldiers, what happens to the young women attending the dance?
(a) They are injured or frightened away.
(b) They are not affected at all and keep dancing.
(c) They join in the fight themselves.
(d) They break up the fight and everything returns to normal.

7. What does the Captain call the act of getting rid of his palm tree?
(a) An insult to the ship.
(b) A mean thing to do.
(c) A cowardly act of childishness.
(d) An unforgivable crime against him.

8. What drink do the men say they will have to celebrate that the war in Europe is over?
(a) Gin.
(b) Whiskey and beer.
(c) Rum and lemon.
(d) Medical alcohol and orange juice.

9. Who tells Roberts that he is as drunk as a goat?
(a) Dowdy.
(b) Doc.
(c) Pulver.
(d) Dolan.

10. How does Roberts react when he hears what he might get as a reward for keeping the men in line?
(a) He is sad.
(b) He is surprised.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is excited.

11. Who does the radio announcer commend for winning the war in Europe?
(a) The fighting men.
(b) The British Air Force.
(c) Japan.
(d) Rosie the Riveter.

12. Who is in the stateroom with Roberts as he is packing to leave the cargo ship?
(a) Pulver and Doc.
(b) Dolan.
(c) Doc and Dolan.
(d) Dowdy and Pulver.

13. Doc asks Roberts if he has done what with the Captain?
(a) Made some sort of agreement with him.
(b) Made a plot to make the crew miserable.
(c) Gotten in an argument with him.
(d) Crossed over to the Captain's side of things.

14. At the dance, with how many soldiers do the sailors start a fight?
(a) Over 300.
(b) Over 100.
(c) Twenty-seven.
(d) Ninety.

15. Which royal family makes an appearance to celebrate the end of the war in Europe?
(a) The Spanish Royal Family.
(b) The English Royal Family.
(c) The Dutch Royal Family.
(d) The Swedish Royal Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song plays at the end of the radio announcer's speech about the end of the war in Europe?

2. Which one of the announcements comes over the loud speaker at the start of Act 2, Scene 5?

3. According to the Shore Patrolman, how is the Colonel viewed on the island?

4. What record does Pulver say he has broken?

5. The Patrol Officer state some sailors have broken into a house on the island. To whom does this house belong?

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