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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 type of place is Willie's family home?
(a) A twelve room Dutch colonial.
(b) A modest Cape Cod bungalow.
(c) A modern apartment on the upper east side of Manhattan.
(d) A Tudor style estate on 10 acres.

2. Which game do Willie and Keggs play aboard the Moulton?
(a) Chess.
(b) Parcheesi.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Gin rummy.

3. May Wynn is of what descent?
(a) German.
(b) Greek.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Italian.

4. Captain Queeg goes home to what state?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Utah.
(d) Arizona.

5. What officer visits the Caine in Chapter 21?
(a) Captain De Vriess.
(b) Captain Grace.
(c) Commander Frazer.
(d) Admiral Nimitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Caine is finally ready to go out in open waters with its new captain, what book does Captain Queeg bring with him to the bridge?

2. In Chapter 21, where does the Caine receive orders to go?

3. At dinner, May wants to discuss a book that Willie has never read before? Which book?

4. Keefer invites Maryk to a literary tea at what university?

5. After a particularly cowardly performance by Queeg, Keefer calls him a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explanation does Queeg give his superiors for losing the target?

2. Why does Willie not wake up at the beginning of the typhoon?

3. Why does Willie get in trouble in Chapter 12?

4. What happens when the news of Japan's surrender is heard?

5. What happened to Roland Keefer's ship?

6. How were the two attorneys different during closing arguments?

7. What are some of the quirky ways in which the crew begins to respond to their own boredom?

8. What does Queeg do to insure that the men do not pass keys to friends on the Harte?

9. What does Willie overhear while listening in to the Marine channel on the radio?

10. List some of the irrational and terrible things that Queeg does in Chapter 15.

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