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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 does Yank say he will join?
(a) The nunnery.
(b) St. John's Ambulance.
(c) The Salvation Army.
(d) The monastry.

2. What color does Paddy say the ocean is?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

3. What does Paddy say is wrong with Yank?
(a) He has fallen in love.
(b) He is homesick.
(c) He has the workman's blues.
(d) He is seasick.

4. What does Mildred tell the second engineer she dislikes?
(a) Children.
(b) Nature.
(c) Summer.
(d) Men.

5. What Irish city does Yank mention in the third scene?
(a) Belfast.
(b) Cork.
(c) Newry.
(d) Dublin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men use to throw open the furnace doors?

2. What do the sailors say rhymes with drink?

3. What does Yank say he could see through Mildred's hands?

4. In which city did Mildred work as a social worker?

5. What is the color of Mildred's clothes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yank react when the chief engineer begins blowing his whistle even louder than before?

2. How does Long remind Yank of his anger towards Mildred?

3. What image does the author say he is trying to set?

4. How does the language used in the scene reflect the the natures of the characters?

5. What does Long think is the only way workers can gain power?

6. Who are the Wobblies?

7. How does Yank get the men working harder?

8. What is Rodin's The Thinker?

9. Why does Yank say he is jealous of the gorilla?

10. How does scene two contrast with scene one?

(see the answer keys)

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