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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men are aboard the boat upon which the note in a bottle is penned?
(a) Ten men.
(b) Twelve men.
(c) Fifteen men.
(d) Twenty men.

2. What is the theme of the book that is also the theme of Chapter 2?
(a) "Never tempt fate."
(b) "Fishing is dangerous".
(c) "Sailors are people, too".
(d) "Fishing as a Subculture".

3. Ethel Shatford, the mother of Andrea Gail crew member Bobby Shatford works as a bartender at which of the taverns listed?
(a) "Capistrano".
(b) "The Crow's Nest".
(c) "The Ship's Wheel".
(d) "The Constant Wave".

4. Who keeps records aboard the Andrea Gail?
(a) Bobby Stratford.
(b) Michael Moran.
(c) Billy Tyne.
(d) No one.

5. Who does Sebastian Junger depend on for information to include in his narrative about the events surrounding the preparation and departure of the Andrea Gail from Gloucester?
(a) Christine Cotter who has witnessed the preparation and departure of the Andrea Gail.
(b) Junger depends on himself. He creates the events surrounding the preparation and departure of the Andrea Gail.
(c) Bobby Stratford's mother who runs "The Crow's Nest" and who has witnessed the preparation and departure of the Andrea Gail.
(d) Adam Randall who witnesses the preparation and departure of the Andrea Gail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that the author(s) of the note found in a bottle in Chapter One ask for via the note?

2. What profession did Billy Tyne want to pursue before becoming a fisherman?

3. According to the note found in a bottle in Chapter One, what parts of its boat of origin are missing?

4. 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?

5. What is the name of Andrea Gail crew member Bobby Shatford's sister?

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