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

2. Who aboard the Andrea Gail is able to survive "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) No one.
(b) Billy Tyne.
(c) Michael Moran.
(d) Alfred Pierre.

3. What is it that the author(s) of the note found in a bottle in Chapter One ask for via the note?
(a) The crew member asks that only his family members be notified of his death at sea.
(b) The crew member asks God to have mercy on him and his fellow crew members.
(c) The crew member asks that whoever finds his note take all necessary steps to locate a rescue team to help him and his fellow crew members to shore.
(d) The crew member asks that the families of all of the crew members be notified of the crew members' deaths.

4. "The Perfect Storm" is a mixture of literature and what other type of narrative?
(a) Testimonial.
(b) Editorial.
(c) Journalistic reporting.
(d) Historical.

5. Who is the Captain of the Mary T?
(a) Albert Johnston.
(b) Bob Brown.
(c) Charlie Reed.
(d) Linda Greenlaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to author Sebastian Junger, what does a puncture wound from a swordfish mean?

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

3. Who keeps records aboard the Andrea Gail?

4. What type of boat is the note writer in Chapter One aboard?

5. What is Andrea Gail crew member "Sully" Sullivan's real given name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Junger raise questions about Captain Billy Tyne's competence?

4. How are swordfish known to adversely affect man's well-being?

5. 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"?

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

7. Are there any portions of the book that challenge author Sebastian Junger's vision-based pledge to limit his narrative solely to fact?

8. What are the possible reasons that Chapter 1 is italicized in its entirety?

9. Are there any positive universal elements contained in the note found in the bottle floating along the coast of Massachusetts?

10. What is the general routine activities that crew members of the Andrea Gail engage in on the week that they travel up and the week that they travel back from their fishing trip?

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