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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, "Death and Ice Cream".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Willie's first choice for duty?
(a) Submarine, Pacific.
(b) Staff, Pacific.
(c) Mine Disposal Training
(d) Staff, Atlantic.

2. After a particularly cowardly performance by Queeg, Keefer calls him a what?
(a) Yellow-bellied coward.
(b) Despicable.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Poltroon.

3. Where did Willie attend college?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Cornell.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

4. What is Willie's first assignment for his officers' qualification course?
(a) To write an essay on the history of the ship.
(b) To assemble and disassemble his rifle.
(c) To make two sketches of the Caine.
(d) To list every man assigned to the ship.

5. Willie doesn't really understand the language surrounding the maneuvers. What is one of the names that Carmody mentions?
(a) Zebra Runs.
(b) Candlestick Runs.
(c) Giraffe Runs.
(d) Fred Runs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Keith have to do to retrieve his gun's spring?

2. How many hours of emergency leave does Maryk give Stilwell?

3. What does the crew of the Caine do while the Marines are invading Namur?

4. We find out in Chapter 11 that Captain de Vriess reads only what type of book?

5. What does Harding vomit into?

(see the answer key)

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