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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. What drink do Miss Girard and Roberts joke is their favorite?
(a) Medical alcohol and orange juice.
(b) Peach Schnapps.
(c) Moonshine.
(d) Sake.

2. How long has it been since the sailors have had a vacation?
(a) Six months.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) 18 months.

3. Why do the sailors want to go to an island near their ship?
(a) For liberty.
(b) For more supplies.
(c) To be placed on a new ship.
(d) They are sea sick.

4. According to the Captain, whose idea is liberty since it is not his?
(a) The General.
(b) Roberts.
(c) Doc.
(d) The Sergeant.

5. When Miss Girard talks about her nickname, how does Pulver respond?
(a) He gets very embarrassed.
(b) He tells her he does not know about what she is talking.
(c) He tells her she is being inappropriate.
(d) He tells her a story about his nickname.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Roberts not say about Pulver?

2. How long does the officer picking up supplies say it has been since his ship has had fresh fruit?

3. Why can't Pulver have lunch with the Captain?

4. How does Doc describe the desire to fight?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What message does the Captain deliver over the loudspeaker in Act 1, Scene 5?

2. How does the Captain react when he sees the men with their shirts off while on deck?

3. What is Pulver's interaction with the Captain like in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. Into what other trouble, besides the dance, have the sailors gotten themselves while on liberty?

5. What does Wiley say about liberty?

6. In Act 1, Scene 1, what does Doc learn about Roberts and his transfer requests?

7. How do Doc and Roberts help Pulver out in Act 1, Scene 2?

8. What are the Captain's orders about fruit, and why does Roberts break these orders?

9. What information does Roberts' letter share?

10. What does the Captain ask Roberts to do at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?

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