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

2. What does Dowdy request from Roberts as they unload the cargo?
(a) Some lunch.
(b) That the men be allowed to take off their shirts.
(c) A water break.
(d) That he be allowed to go to the infirmary.

3. What paper is Roberts holding in his hand when he runs into the doctor early in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A page from his journal.
(b) A letter to his wife.
(c) An application for transfer.
(d) A list of tasks.

4. After finishing his notice about liberty being canceled, at what does the Captain glance?
(a) His trophy.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A picture of himself.
(d) His watch.

5. Because it is so hot, what happens while the sailors are unloading cargo?
(a) Some of the sailors jump into the sea for a swim.
(b) A sailor has an asthma attack.
(c) A sailor passes out.
(d) Some of the food goes bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of study does Roberts quit before becoming a sailor?

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

3. What position does Miss Girard hold for the nurses?

4. What does Roberts do to Pulver in jest when the Captain leaves the deck?

5. In what geographical location are the sailors having their liberty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the response when the crew hears the Captain is still asleep and has not issued the orders for liberty to start?

2. What happens when Pulver goes to test his firecracker?

3. Dowdy and Roberts discuss what regarding the nearby island in the first scene of the play?

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

5. What information does Furnell's letter share?

6. What does Wiley say about liberty?

7. What causes Miss Girard to look through one of the spyglasses while she is on the ship?

8. What does Roberts have to do to get the Captain to give the men their liberty?

9. What does Dolan try to pressure Roberts to do, and how does Roberts react?

10. How is the Captain reacting to the news of Roberts' transfer?

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