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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 1, off the coast of which state does a mackerel schooner's crew find a bottle with a note in it?
(a) Maine.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Massachusetts.

4. Based on its contents, what human emotion is conveyed in the note in a bottle found in Chapter One?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Joy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Love.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What particular set of items do Chris and Murph gather to take with them aboard the Andrea Gail?

2. Who is the crew keeping in radio contact with when disaster strikes the Andrea Gail?

3. What is the primary reason that the English settle in Beauport around 1603?

4. What source does Sebastian Junger use to reconstruct the disaster that befalls the Andrea Gail?

5. What does Junger NOT imply toward families who lost loved ones with respect to the title, "The Perfect Storm"?

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