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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 the name of the vessel upon which it is established that the note in the bottle was written?
(a) The Wyeth.
(b) The Atlantic Seafarer.
(c) The Dolan.
(d) The Falcon.

2. Who replaces Adam Randall as a crew member aboard the Andrea Gail?
(a) Bobby Shatford.
(b) "Sully" Sullivan.
(c) Dale Murphy.
(d) "Bugsy" Moran.

3. Where does the crew of the Andrea Gail spot the Mary T?
(a) Off the coast of Newfoundland.
(b) In the Grand Banks area.
(c) Near Georges Bank.
(d) Off the coast of Gloucester.

4. What does the fishing term "haul back" mean?
(a) Sailing the fishing boat back to the fishing dock.
(b) Transporting the catch back to the fishing village dock.
(c) Checking the line for weight or fish biting and then hauling the fish onto the boat.
(d) Tossing the inedible fish in the fishing net back into the ocean.

5. After a month at sea, where does the Mary T make port?
(a) Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Worcester, Massachusetts.
(d) Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the captain of the Andrea Gail?

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

3. Based on its contents, what human emotion is conveyed in the note in a bottle found in Chapter One?

4. What type of plans do Andrea Gail crew member Bobby Shatford and Christine Cotter have in mind to engage in together upon his return from fishing aboard the Andrea Gail?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when the United States government relaxed standards for mercury?

2. 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"?

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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"?

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

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