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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to the aid of the rescuers involved in the rescue attempt along the New Jersey coast?
(a) The Eishin Maru.
(b) The Coast Guard.
(c) The Air National Guard.
(d) The Tamaroa.

2. What is the name of the sailor that the rescuers are attempting to rescue along the New Jersey coast?
(a) Mesharaff Dioligli.
(b) Mikado Tomizawa.
(c) Cliff Sorenson.
(d) Gary Purdue.

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) 40 degrees.
(b) 50 degrees.
(c) 45 degrees.
(d) 55 degrees.

4. Chapter 7 includes explicit information about which of the following?
(a) Factual information on how ships go down.
(b) Factual information about the family members of each of the crew members of the Andrea Gail.
(c) Factual information about why sailing is not recommended during foul weather.
(d) Factual information about how the oceans play an important role in human lives.

5. Upon hearing reports about the unfavorable weather forecast, what area becomes the destination of the EIshin Maru 78?
(a) Boston Harbor.
(b) Newfoundland.
(c) Halifax Harbor.
(d) England.

6. Junger calls the point in which a vessel gets driven down by overwhelming natural forces such as waves which of the following?
(a) Point zero.
(b) Immersion point.
(c) Inundation point.
(d) Zero moment.

7. Who among the following characters fractures three bones in his right arm, four ribs and ruptures a kidney upon falling into the raging sea water during the rescue attempt along the New Jersey coast?
(a) Doug Kostco.
(b) Rick Smith.
(c) Jim Mioli.
(d) John Spillane.

8. What type of structure does NOT stand at Sable Island today?
(a) A fine china and crystal shop.
(b) A weather station.
(c) A lighthouse.
(d) An oil rig.

9. Sable Island is also known as which of the following?
(a) "The Sea Horse Capital of the World".
(b) "Graveyard of the Atlantic".
(c) "The Best Diving Destination on Earth".
(d) "The World's Longest Sandbar".

10. Judith Reeves is a Canadian aboard which of the following vessels?
(a) The Satori.
(b) The Contship Holland.
(c) The Eishin Maru 78.
(d) The Allison.

11. Which crew member aboard the Andrea Gail has had a premonition that he will die young at sea?
(a) Billy.
(b) Murph.
(c) Alfred.
(d) Bugsy.

12. 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 11.
(b) Force 9.
(c) Force 12.
(d) Force 10.

13. According to Junger, there are waves that do not depend on wind, but rather on which of the following elements?
(a) Current.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Motion.
(d) Water pressure.

14. In Chapter 9, which of the following is saved from raging sea water?
(a) A British sailor.
(b) A Japanese sailor.
(c) A Turkish sailor.
(d) An American sailor.

15. Who is the last person to communicate with Billy Tyne as "The Perfect Storm" and the Andrea Gail are headed toward each other?
(a) Tommy Barrie.
(b) Ray Leonard.
(c) Albert Johnston..
(d) Adam Randall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Telling the story of a Scottish doctor who survived drowning, Sebastian Junger mentions the probability that upon the occurrence of larynospasm, water may not enter which of the following:

2. Which of the following plays an instrumental role in the tumultuous sea rescue along the New Jersey coast described in Chapter 9?

3. Based on the wind force gauge system that the fishermen use, what force level is "The Perfect Storm"?

4. According to Junger, a thunderstorm has enough electrical power to supply the entire United States with how many days of electricity?

5. 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?

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