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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it been since the sailors have had a vacation?
(a) One year.
(b) 18 months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.

2. Who reveals to Roberts that the Captain has received his transfer request letter?
(a) Doc.
(b) Pulver.
(c) The Messenger.
(d) Dolan.

3. How does Roberts seem to view the cargo ship's role in the war compared with a battleship's role in the war?
(a) He sees the battleship's role as less important.
(b) He sees the cargo ship's role as being inferior.
(c) He believes that both ships are inferior to the role of airplanes.
(d) He thinks that they are equally important.

4. For what does Roberts ask the Port Director?
(a) Liberty for the men.
(b) A longer vacation for himself.
(c) A job with the port authority.
(d) A recommendation to his captain.

5. Which of the following does Roberts not say about Pulver?
(a) He is too preoccupied by sex.
(b) He is a great guy.
(c) He is lazy.
(d) He is a great shot.

6. How does the Captain punish Roberts when he becomes angry at Roberts for disobeying him?
(a) He has to swab the entire deck.
(b) He cannot go to the island any more.
(c) He is placed in solitary confinement.
(d) He is confined to his quarters.

7. In what geographical location are the sailors having their liberty?
(a) The Caribbean.
(b) Polynesia.
(c) The North Atlantic.
(d) Japan.

8. What does Pulver say he is going to put under the Captain's bed?
(a) A firecracker.
(b) A letter from Roberts.
(c) A dead fish.
(d) A thank you card.

9. What position on the ship does Pulver hold?
(a) Ensign.
(b) First Mate.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Captain.

10. Why has the Captain not issued the orders for the men to go ashore even though they are ready for their liberty?
(a) He is eating lunch.
(b) He is punishing them.
(c) He is waiting to receive his commands.
(d) He is sleeping.

11. Which type of alcohol does Miss Girard love?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Rum.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Bourbon.

12. What type of study does Roberts quit before becoming a sailor?
(a) Graduate school.
(b) Law school.
(c) Medical school.
(d) Veterinary school.

13. What does Pulver call the nurse with whom he is hoping to be?
(a) Little lemon.
(b) Honey buns.
(c) Beautiful canary.
(d) Dumb little blonde.

14. According to the Captain, what "pre-voked" him about the men getting liberty?
(a) That liberty means the men will get lazy.
(b) That it is not at the port he requested.
(c) That it was arranged by Roberts and the Port Director.
(d) That the men have only one week of liberty.

15. What does the Captain say Roberts must do so that the men will be allowed liberty?
(a) Roberts must leave the ship and never come back.
(b) Roberts must leave Pulver on the island.
(c) Roberts must stay on the ship while the men go ashore.
(d) Roberts must promise to not write any more transfer requests.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Roberts take to the Port Director?

2. What does the Captain call Roberts after they settle their argument about the men's liberty?

3. Who is the only sailor on the ship who has been to the port where they men are going to have their liberty?

4. What does the Captain assume about Pulver since he never sees Pulver around?

5. Over what does the crew argue when the Captain has left the deck?

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