The Perfect Storm Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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The Perfect Storm Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the cook aboard the Andrea Gail?
(a) Murph.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Bobby.
(d) Billy.

2. According to Junger, fishermen enter their profession via which of the following routes listed?
(a) They enter it to provide for their families.
(b) Fishermen openly choose the fishing profession.
(c) Fishermen wander into fishing because their fathers, uncles, brothers, friends and other men in their lives are in it..
(d) They pursue and obtain a college education in marine biology.

3. 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?
(a) 55 degrees.
(b) 45 degrees.
(c) 40 degrees.
(d) 50 degrees.

4. What does Linda Greenlaw with the Hannah Bolen provide the captain of the Andrea Gail with when he indicates to her that he has not had a profitable fishing trip?
(a) Fuel.
(b) Advice.
(c) Map.
(d) Bait.

5. What information source does Sebastian Junger state that he uses for compiling the direct quotes alluded to characters in "The Perfect Storm" ?
(a) Interview he conducts with the principals.
(b) United States Coast Guard records.
(c) Gloucester Gazette newspaper.
(d) Gloucester town gossip.

Short Answer Questions

1. Author Sebastian Junger writes that a series of waves that can drive a ship underwater is known as which of the following?

2. Which of the following is NOT a member of the rescue team attempting to rescue the sailor from the perilous sea along the New Jersey coast?

3. What group, if any, provides Sebastian Junger with the basis upon which he creates the tragedy that strikes the Andrea Gail?

4. Who does Sebastian Junger depend on for information to include in his narrative about the events surrounding the preparation and departure of the Andrea Gail from Gloucester?

5. How is Junger able to assist readers to differentiate direct quotes emanating from the characters throughout his narrative in "The Perfect Storm"?

(see the answer key)

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