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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 one of the key questions that Junger asks himself in relation to the men aboard the ill-fated mackerel schooner?
(a) "Did they try to get help from neighboring schooners?
(b) "What did they do with the mackerel that they had caught?"
(c) "Did they ever make it back home?
(d) "Do they cry?"

2. When a storm hits a boat at sea, the crew does NOT do which of the following?
(a) Close every hatch, porthole and watertight door on board.
(b) Do not try to contact family members and friends to inform them of the approaching storm.
(c) Latch down things that could break loose.
(d) Take everything off the deck.

3. What does the fishing term "haul back" mean?
(a) Tossing the inedible fish in the fishing net back into the ocean.
(b) Sailing the fishing boat back to the fishing dock.
(c) Checking the line for weight or fish biting and then hauling the fish onto the boat.
(d) Transporting the catch back to the fishing village dock.

4. What does the disaster that strikes the vessel from which the note in a bottle originates do in relation to the disaster that takes place aboard the Andrea Gail?
(a) It foreshadows.
(b) It resembles.
(c) It predicts.
(d) It contrasts.

5. 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 5,000.
(c) Over 20,000.
(d) Over 15,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. The note in the bottle that is found floating along the coast of New England is directed to which of the following?

2. "The Perfect Storm" hit the Andrea Gail with full force around midnight on which of the following dates?

3. When referring to the acronym EPIRB, author Sebastian Junger means which of the following?

4. 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?

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

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