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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aboard the Andrea Gail, Billy Tyne shares quarters with which of the following?
(a) Alfred Pierre.
(b) Bobby Shatford.
(c) No one.
(d) Sully Sullivan.

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

3. 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) Maintaining life-saving equipment aboard.
(c) Cleaning and preparing equipment for processing fish.
(d) Relaxing and sleeping.

4. According to Junger, which of the following types of fish is the most popular catch among early European fishermen fishing off the coast of Newfoundland in the New World?
(a) Mackerel.
(b) Cod.
(c) Flounder.
(d) Mahi mahi.

5. Which of the following sites are mentioned in Chapter Three as being two of the most dangerous places to fish?
(a) Gloucester Port and Fairhaven Port.
(b) Grand Banks and Georges Bank.
(c) Boston Port and Fairhaven Port.
(d) Gloucester Port and Boston Port.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Select the phrase that corresponds to the label attached to fishing around the village from which the Andrea Gail sets sail.

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

4. How many men are aboard the boat upon which the note in a bottle is penned?

5. Who keeps records aboard the Andrea Gail?

(see the answer key)

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