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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the distance between the Andrea Gail and The Contship Holland during the time that "The Perfect Storm" is in full play?
(a) Approximately 80 miles.
(b) Approximately 15 miles.
(c) Approximately 55 miles.
(d) Approximately 200 miles.

2. Upon hearing reports about the pending unfavorable weather that will turn into "The Perfect Storm", in which direction does Ray Leonard change the course of The Satori?
(a) Toward Newfoundland.
(b) He does not change its course.
(c) Toward Boston Harbor.
(d) Toward England.

3. The manner in which Sebastian Junger writes Chapter One makes it resemble what type of narrative source?
(a) A verbatim account of verbal exchanges that he recorded between a couple of patrons at "The Crow's Nest".
(b) A United States Coast Guard incident report.
(c) A series of verbal exchanges between Junger and a crew member whom he has interviewed.
(d) A dream or a memory.

4. How many sailors have been known to have drowned on Sable Island after being pounded by waves while trying to find refuge from storms?
(a) Over 10,000.
(b) Over 15,000.
(c) Over 5,000.
(d) Over 20,000.

5. How long is the sandbar known as Sable Island?
(a) 50 miles.
(b) 100 miles.
(c) 160 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of activity does Junger engage in before being able to describe events that occur during "The Perfect Storm"?

3. Who owns the Andrea Gail?

4. What type of sense does Junger apply to his use of the term "Perfect Storm" ?

5. According to author Sebastian Junger, the dumping of which of the following is contributing to changing the ecology of the seas and making them rougher, thereby causing more freak wave "monsters" to occur?

(see the answer key)

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