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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Foam rubber.
(b) Hydrocarbons.
(c) Plastics.
(d) Petroleum.

2. Who aboard the Andrea Gail is NOT KNOWN to be concerned about finances?
(a) Alfred Pierre.
(b) Billy Tyne.
(c) Murph Murphy.
(d) Bobby Shatford.

3. If the sound of wind during a windstorm is a deep tonal vibration like a church organ, what force level do fishermen gauge the windstorm to be?
(a) Force 12.
(b) Force 9.
(c) Force 11.
(d) Force 10.

4. What is another name for the meteorological term, "nor-easter"?
(a) Cold front.
(b) Bomb.
(c) Trough.
(d) Gale.

5. What took out the windows in the Andrea Gail in the midst of "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) Wind-driven rain.
(b) Intense air pressure that built inside the cabin of the Andrea Gail during "The Perfect Storm".
(c) Waves.
(d) Exceedingly strong gusts of wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Andrea Gail try to save herself in the midst of "The Perfect Storm"?

2. Who is the Captain of the Mary T?

3. What does Junger NOT imply toward families who lost loved ones with respect to the title, "The Perfect Storm"?

4. In Chapter 7, Junger details how around the middle of the 20th Century, the government developed concern for which of the following that was instrumental in stopping naval experiments involving the detonation of nuclear bombs in the ocean?

5. What city in New York state does the Hudson River back up to as a result of "The Perfect Storm"?

(see the answer key)

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