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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 position does Miss Girard hold for the nurses?
(a) Mail officer.
(b) Nurses assistant.
(c) Head nurse.
(d) Laundry officer.

2. What order does the Captain give Roberts regarding his letter writing?
(a) Roberts is not to write any more letters.
(b) Roberts cannot order other men to write his letters.
(c) Roberts can write another letter once he has been more obedient.
(d) Roberts has to write more convincing letters.

3. 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 passes out.
(c) A sailor has an asthma attack.
(d) Some of the food goes bad.

4. What do the sailors do when they hear that their liberty is not canceled after all?
(a) They boo the Captain.
(b) They give three cheers.
(c) They sing.
(d) They shout angrily.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Captain not want Roberts to leave his ship?

2. What type of fruit is in the crates Roberts gives to the officer?

3. What does the Captain say Roberts must do so that the men will be allowed liberty?

4. What request does the Captain ask of Roberts regarding their conversation about the men's liberty?

5. At what port are the sailors going to have liberty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader learn about Roberts' transfer and travel plans at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 5?

2. In Act 2, Scene 2, what has happened because of the men's behavior while on liberty?

3. What news about Roberts' transfer does Doc share with Roberts in Act 2, Scene 5?

4. What is the mood of the sailors as they get ready for liberty?

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

6. What leads to so many injured sailors at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

7. What happens in Act 2, Scene 4, when the Captain gets angry?

8. What kind of excitement and trouble do the spyglasses cause in the beginning of the play?

9. What does the reader learn about Pulver in Act 1, Scene 4?

10. What does the Captain say about college-educated men?

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