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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is an information source whom Junger uses to write "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) Gloucester mayor.
(b) Gloucester Gazette.
(c) Gloucester fishermen.
(d) Gloucester library.

2. What do the crew members of the Andrea Gail spend most of their time doing on the week that the boat travels up and the week that the boat travels back from a fishing trip?
(a) Preparing reports on their projected catch on the week that the boat travels up, and preparing actual catch reports on the week that the boat travels back from a fishing trip.
(b) Cleaning and preparing equipment for processing fish.
(c) Relaxing and sleeping.
(d) Maintaining life-saving equipment aboard.

3. Who is the captain of the Andrea Gail?
(a) Bobby Shatford.
(b) Billy Tyne.
(c) Adam Randall.
(d) Alfred Pierre.

4. What does Junger NOT imply toward families who lost loved ones with respect to the title, "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) His opinion of a particular meteorological event.
(b) Disrespect and insult.
(c) A book title.
(d) Reference to an event that changed their lives.

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) Adam Randall who witnesses the preparation and departure of the Andrea Gail.
(b) Bobby Stratford's mother who runs "The Crow's Nest" and who has witnessed the preparation and departure of the Andrea Gail.
(c) Christine Cotter who has witnessed the preparation and departure of the Andrea Gail.
(d) Junger depends on himself. He creates the events surrounding the preparation and departure of the Andrea Gail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ruined Billy Tyne's marriage to his wife, Jodi?

2. Which of the following sites are mentioned in Chapter Three as being two of the most dangerous places to fish?

3. What group, if any, provides Sebastian Junger with the basis upon which he creates the tragedy that strikes the Andrea Gail?

4. Around 1605, what outcasts did the English join with to establish the settlement at Gloucester?

5. Ethel Shatford, the mother of Andrea Gail crew member Bobby Shatford works as a bartender at which of the taverns listed?

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