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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

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 ever make it back home?
(b) "Do they cry?"
(c) "What did they do with the mackerel that they had caught?"
(d) "Did they try to get help from neighboring schooners?

2. What type of activity does Junger engage in before being able to describe events that occur during "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) Thoughts of a theoretical nature.
(b) Literary research.
(c) Guesswork.
(d) He interviews patrons of "The Crow's Nest".

3. Since 1650, how many fisherman from Gloucester have died at sea?
(a) More than 3,000.
(b) More than 10,000.
(c) More than 7,000.
(d) More than 20,000.

4. What type of refuge are the taverns around the fishing village in "The Perfect Storm" known to serve as for local fishermen?
(a) Orphanages.
(b) Support group meeting places.
(c) Community centers.
(d) Homes away from home.

5. What does Junger NOT imply toward families who lost loved ones with respect to the title, "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) Disrespect and insult.
(b) A book title.
(c) His opinion of a particular meteorological event.
(d) Reference to an event that changed their lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to weather reports, what type of foul weather condition is taking place in Bermuda?

2. How many men are aboard the boat upon which the note in a bottle is penned?

3. According to Junger, what type of shark can bite a man's leg off even after you cut off its head?

4. What is the theme of the book that is also the theme of Chapter 2?

5. What is the length of the Andrea Gail?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information is Sebastian Junger relying upon when he states that, " The Falcon was careening wildly around the time that the note in a bottle was written"?

2. Why is it likely that Sebastian Junger may have felt compelled to state that his use of the term, "Perfect Storm" was limited to a meteorological sense?

3. What are the ways that Junger explains that taverns in Gloucester double as "orphanages" for local fishermen?

4. How much is considered a good day's catch?

5. How are fishermen characterized in "The Perfect Storm"?

6. Aside from conveying the ongoing destruction and imminent sinking of a ship via its written message stating, "...our rudder is gone, our cable is gone, God have mercy on us", what universal message and element does the note that is found floating in a bottle along the Massachusetts coast around 1895 carry into the 20th Century that is incorporated into the story of "The Perfect Storm"?

7. What is the value and mechanical status of the Andrea Gail as recorded between the late 1980's and the early 1990's?

8. According to Sebastian Junger, how does fisherman Howard Blackburn survive three days at sea?

9. What can you write about the life of Bobby Shatford based on Sebastian Junger's writing in Chapter 2?

10. What type of genre does Sebastian Junger drift to in his writing of "The Perfect Storm"?

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