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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of boat is the Satori?
(a) A large sailing boat.
(b) A pontoon.
(c) A large freighter.
(d) A cruise ship.

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

3. The highest waves ever recorded along the Scotian Shelf, or anywhere at any time according to author Sebastian Junger, occurred within "The Perfect Storm". How high were the waves to which Junger refers?
(a) 100 feet high.
(b) 90 feet high.
(c) 120 feet high.
(d) 80 feet high.

4. Since 1650, how many fisherman from Gloucester have died at sea?
(a) More than 3,000.
(b) More than 10,000.
(c) More than 20,000.
(d) More than 7,000.

5. Who does Judith call for assistance while in the midst of "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) Tommie Barrie aboard The Allison.
(b) Ray Leonard aboard The Satori.
(c) The Coast Guard.
(d) No one. Judith rides out "The Perfect Storm" without any assistance and she survives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the last person to communicate with Billy Tyne as "The Perfect Storm" and the Andrea Gail are headed toward each other?

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

3. Junger calls the point in which a vessel gets driven down by overwhelming natural forces such as waves which of the following?

4. 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?

5. Junger states that once flipped over due to storm conditions or overwhelming wave activity, the Andrea Gail was bound to have filled with water at which of the following temperatures?

(see the answer key)

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