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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Adam Randall decide not to join the crew of the Andrea Gail on the particular fishing trip described in "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) Adam has a premonition of disaster.
(b) Adam slips, falls, and fractures his back, leaving him unable to travel.
(c) His mother becomes gravely ill and Adam feels that he cannot leave.
(d) He forgets to pack his blood pressure medication and is unable to leave without it.

2. What does Junger NOT imply toward families who lost loved ones with respect to the title, "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) Disrespect and insult.
(b) A book title.
(c) Reference to an event that changed their lives.
(d) His opinion of a particular meteorological event.

3. How many men are aboard the boat upon which the note in a bottle is penned?
(a) Twenty men.
(b) Fifteen men.
(c) Twelve men.
(d) Ten men.

4. What can be considered the main contributing factor to the Andrea Gail succumbing to "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) The inexperience of its captain and crew.
(b) The inexpensive plywood that was used for its construction.
(c) The boxy construction of the Andrea Gail does not give much to the movement of the sea or during a storm.
(d) The sailcloth that was used to construct the sail of the Andrea Gail is too heavy.

5. Ethel Shatford, the mother of Andrea Gail crew member Bobby Shatford works as a bartender at which of the taverns listed?
(a) "The Constant Wave".
(b) "The Crow's Nest".
(c) "The Ship's Wheel".
(d) "Capistrano".

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the fishing term "haul back" mean?

2. What is Andrea Gail crew member "Bugsy" Moran's real given name?

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?

4. What information source does Sebastian Junger state that he uses for compiling the direct quotes alluded to characters in "The Perfect Storm" ?

5. Who is the Captain of the Mary T?

(see the answer key)

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