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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a month at sea, where does the Mary T make port?
(a) Worcester, Massachusetts.
(b) Gloucester, Massachusetts.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

2. What is the primary reason that the English settle in Beauport around 1603?
(a) Because every family was being granted ten acres of land.
(b) Because it was free from British rule.
(c) Because of the busy port.
(d) Because of the abundance of cod.

3. 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?"

4. What type of boat is the note writer in Chapter One aboard?
(a) A schooner.
(b) A ketch.
(c) A pontoon.
(d) A dinghy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the ice company in the fishing village upon which the crew of the Andrea Gail depends on for ice to keep fish fresh aboard the Andrea Gail?

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

4. Which of the taverns listed is located around the fishing village from which the Andrea Gail sets sail?

5. Who owns the Andrea Gail?

(see the answer key)

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