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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who aboard the Andrea Gail is able to survive "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) Alfred Pierre.
(b) Billy Tyne.
(c) Michael Moran.
(d) No one.

2. What source does Sebastian Junger use to reconstruct the disaster that befalls the Andrea Gail?
(a) His mind. He creates an account detailing the disaster.
(b) Christine Cotter who claims that she has maintained contact with Bobby Stratford throughout the disaster.
(c) The incident report about the disaster on file with the United States Coast Guard.
(d) A Gloucester fisherman who has witnessed the tragedy aboard the Andrea Gail.

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

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

5. According to Junger, fishermen enter their profession via which of the following routes listed?
(a) Fishermen wander into fishing because their fathers, uncles, brothers, friends and other men in their lives are in it..
(b) They enter it to provide for their families.
(c) Fishermen openly choose the fishing profession.
(d) They pursue and obtain a college education in marine biology.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the name of the vessel upon which it is established that the note in the bottle was written?

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?

4. Who replaces Adam Randall as a crew member aboard the Andrea Gail?

5. The note in the bottle that is found floating along the coast of New England is directed to which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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