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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What type of fishing is conducted aboard the ill-fated boat upon which the note in the bottle is penned?
(a) Mackerel fishing.
(b) Tuna fishing.
(c) Swordfish fishing.
(d) Trout fishing.
2. How is Chapter One presented?
(a) It is presented fully capitalized.
(b) It is presented in full bold print.
(c) It is presented fully italicized.
(d) It is presented in full lower-case.
3. 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 resembles.
(b) It contrasts.
(c) It foreshadows.
(d) It predicts.
4. What year is the note in a bottle found that is mentioned in Chapter One?
(a) The note in the bottle was found in 1895.
(b) The note in the bottle was found in 1897.
(c) The note in the bottle was found in 1891.
(d) The note in the bottle was found in 1899.
5. What is one of the key questions that Junger asks himself in relation to the men aboard the ill-fated mackerel schooner?
(a) "What did they do with the mackerel that they had caught?"
(b) "Did they try to get help from neighboring schooners?
(c) "Did they ever make it back home?
(d) "Do they cry?"
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 1, off the coast of which state does a mackerel schooner's crew find a bottle with a note in it?
2. In retrospect, what is the best label to attach to Junger's narrative in "The Perfect Storm"?
3. Who does Junger pose questions related to vessel disasters to in Chapter One?
4. 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?
5. Whose version is used as a basis for the description of the tragedy that takes place aboard the Andrea Gail during "The Perfect Storm"?
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