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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men does the Caine pull from the wreckage of the George Black?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

2. How many unopened bottles of champagne were there at the end of the party?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

3. How many psychiatrists examined Queeg at the hospital?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

4. During the storm, how many days do the sailors go without hot food?
(a) Three days.
(b) One day.
(c) Two days.
(d) The storm doesn't affect the kitchen.

5. The boats are trying to refuel while the waves are how tall?
(a) As tall as pine trees.
(b) As tall as a two story house.
(c) As tall as the battleships they were traveling with.
(d) As tall as apartment houses.

6. What is May doing when Willie gets back to New York?
(a) She is nursing her dad back to health.
(b) She is at class.
(c) She is cutting an audition record.
(d) She is working at the fruit stand with her mother.

7. According to Queeg, what happened in Barzun in 1937?
(a) 50 fried chickens disappeared.
(b) Five pounds of cheese disappeared.
(c) An entire cake went missing.
(d) The captain's log was stolen.

8. Who is the last Captain of the Caine?
(a) Tom Keefer.
(b) Captain White.
(c) Captain Queeg.
(d) Willie Keith.

9. Maryk testifies that he had the authority to relieve Captain Queeg according to which three articles?
(a) Articles 2, 4, 6.
(b) Articles 184, 224, 336.
(c) Articles 1, 2, 3.
(d) Articles 184, 185, 186.

10. Maryk wants to turn in Queeg under which article?
(a) 252.
(b) 184.
(c) 57.
(d) 686.

11. How long does the court debate over the verdict?
(a) Twenty-three hours and fifteen minutes.
(b) Twelve hours.
(c) One hour and ten minutes.
(d) Nine hours and forty-five minutes.

12. What does Keefer take with him when he jumps off the ship?
(a) A life raft.
(b) His initialed coffee mug.
(c) His novel.
(d) The captain's log.

13. How long does Willie sit and listen to May sing at the Grotto Club?
(a) One hour.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Five hours.

14. How long is Willie on the bridge while the typhoon brushes Tokyo?
(a) 30 hours.
(b) 48 hours.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) 12 hours.

15. What is awaiting the guests at the celebration party?
(a) A pair of steel balls for each guest.
(b) A green-iced cake in the shape of a book.
(c) Copies of "Multitudes, Multitudes" for everyone.
(d) An ice sculpture of the Caine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of Queeg's action in the Barzun incident?

2. When Queeg reprimands Willie about plotting charts instead of decoding storm messages, how much had the barometer dropped?

3. What goes missing in Chapter 26?

4. Who does Willie see when the Moulton comes alongside the Caine?

5. Barney Greenwald does what in the Navy?

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