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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. Who does Junger pose questions related to vessel disasters to in Chapter One?
(a) Himself.
(b) God.
(c) Local bartender.
(d) Seafaring experts.

2. According to weather reports, what type of foul weather condition is taking place in Bermuda?
(a) A series of severe thunderstorms.
(b) A hail storm accompanied by tornados.
(c) A typhoon.
(d) A hurricane.

3. Which of the following is an information source whom Junger uses to write "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) Gloucester mayor.
(b) Gloucester Gazette.
(c) Gloucester library.
(d) Gloucester fishermen.

4. Aboard the Andrea Gail, Billy Tyne shares quarters with which of the following?
(a) Sully Sullivan.
(b) No one.
(c) Alfred Pierre.
(d) Bobby Shatford.

5. According to Junger, who were the first to invent long line boats?
(a) The Koreans.
(b) The French.
(c) The Canadians.
(d) The Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the captain of the Hannah Bolen?

2. Who is the crew keeping in radio contact with when disaster strikes the Andrea Gail?

3. Where does the crew of the Andrea Gail spot the Mary T?

4. What particular set of items do Chris and Murph gather to take with them aboard the Andrea Gail?

5. What year is the note in a bottle found that is mentioned in Chapter One?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. 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"?

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

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

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

7. Explain the fishing process called "haul back" that is explained in Chapter 3 of "The Perfect Storm".

8. What is the purpose of Sebastian Junger asking questions such as, "How do men act in a sinking ship? Do they cry?"

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

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

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