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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the disaster that strikes the vessel from which the note in a bottle originates do in relation to the disaster that takes place aboard the Andrea Gail?
(a) It foreshadows.
(b) It predicts.
(c) It resembles.
(d) It contrasts.

2. "The Perfect Storm" is a mixture of literature and what other type of narrative?
(a) Historical.
(b) Editorial.
(c) Journalistic reporting.
(d) Testimonial.

3. What information source does Sebastian Junger state that he uses for compiling the direct quotes alluded to characters in "The Perfect Storm" ?
(a) Interview he conducts with the principals.
(b) Gloucester Gazette newspaper.
(c) United States Coast Guard records.
(d) Gloucester town gossip.

4. What type of fishing is conducted aboard the ill-fated boat upon which the note in the bottle is penned?
(a) Mackerel fishing.
(b) Trout fishing.
(c) Tuna fishing.
(d) Swordfish fishing.

5. In Chapter 1, off the coast of which state does a mackerel schooner's crew find a bottle with a note in it?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New York.
(c) Maine.
(d) Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What source does Sebastian Junger use to reconstruct the disaster that befalls the Andrea Gail?

2. How many men are aboard the boat upon which the note in a bottle is penned?

3. The manner in which Sebastian Junger writes Chapter One makes it resemble what type of narrative source?

4. What is one of the key questions that Junger asks himself in relation to the men aboard the ill-fated mackerel schooner?

5. How is Chapter One presented?

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