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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a storm hits a boat at sea, the crew does NOT do which of the following?
(a) Latch down things that could break loose.
(b) Close every hatch, porthole and watertight door on board.
(c) Take everything off the deck.
(d) Do not try to contact family members and friends to inform them of the approaching storm.

2. Which crew member aboard the Andrea Gail has had a premonition that he will die young at sea?
(a) Billy.
(b) Murph.
(c) Bugsy.
(d) Alfred.

3. What year did the highest freak wave "monster" encounter the 478-foot Navy tanker?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1933.

4. Junger states that once flipped over due to storm conditions or overwhelming wave activity, the Andrea Gail was bound to have filled with water at which of the following temperatures?
(a) 50 degrees.
(b) 55 degrees.
(c) 40 degrees.
(d) 45 degrees.

5. Chapter 7 includes explicit information about which of the following?
(a) Factual information about how the oceans play an important role in human lives.
(b) Factual information on how ships go down.
(c) Factual information about the family members of each of the crew members of the Andrea Gail.
(d) Factual information about why sailing is not recommended during foul weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sailors have been known to have drowned on Sable Island after being pounded by waves while trying to find refuge from storms?

2. After a month at sea, where does the Mary T make port?

3. If the sound of wind during a windstorm is a deep tonal vibration like a church organ, what force level do fishermen gauge the windstorm to be?

4. If the sound of wind during a windstorm shrieks, what force level do fishermen gauge the windstorm to be?

5. How many years of experience at sea do Murph, Bugsy and Billy have among them?

(see the answer key)

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