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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 distracts Willie during the marching for the review?
(a) A dog that had gotten loose.
(b) Keefer making funny faces while he marched.
(c) The sight of his father.
(d) May Wynn standing by the fence.

2. Captain de Vriess tells Captain Queeg that he is next hoping for what type of duty?
(a) DMS school in San Diego.
(b) Staff command at Pearl Harbor.
(c) New construction.
(d) A supply depot in Utah.

3. What two personal items does Willie have when he unpacks in San Francisco?
(a) A letter from May and a letter from his mother.
(b) A letter from May and spending money from his mom.
(c) A good luck charm from May and a letter from his dad.
(d) A record of May singing and a letter from his dad.

4. When Maryk comes to Keefer to talk about Queeg, what is Keefer reading?
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

5. 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?
(a) "Moby Dick."
(b) "On a Destroyer's Bridge."
(c) Goethe's "Faust."
(d) One of Captain de Vriess' mysteries.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, who does Willie find out is assigned to the Caine?

2. What is the name of the ship that one of the men from the Caine is being transferred to?

3. What does the Navy find during Willie's physical?

4. How many midshipmen gather for the review of the troops?

5. What does Willie do to punish himself for not recognizing his ship when he first sees her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Willie give May for introducing her by her real name to his mother?

2. Describe the circle of compliance.

3. Describe the scene the day after Queeg restricts everyone's water use.

4. What does Barney talk about during his toast at the celebration dinner?

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

6. Tom Keefer explains his philosophy of the Navy to Willie. What is it?

7. What is the crew's first impression of Captain Queeg?

8. What happens during Willie's first watch?

9. Why does Queeg reprimand Willie about the typhoon?

10. What happens after Queeg receives the verdict for Stilwell's court martial?

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