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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 contrasts.
(b) It foreshadows.
(c) It predicts.
(d) It resembles.

2. What type of sense does Junger apply to his use of the term "Perfect Storm" ?
(a) Literal sense.
(b) Historical sense.
(c) Theoretical sense.
(d) Meteorological sense.

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

4. What type of activity does Junger engage in before being able to describe events that occur during "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) He interviews patrons of "The Crow's Nest".
(b) Thoughts of a theoretical nature.
(c) Literary research.
(d) Guesswork.

5. According to the note found in a bottle in Chapter One, what parts of its boat of origin are missing?
(a) Cable and rudder.
(b) Yards and line.
(c) Mast and sail.
(d) Hatch lid and canvas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who aboard the Andrea Gail is able to survive "The Perfect Storm"?

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

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 1, off the coast of which state does a mackerel schooner's crew find a bottle with a note in it?

5. How is Chapter One presented?

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