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

2. What profession did Billy Tyne want to pursue before becoming a fisherman?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A dentist.
(c) A marine biologist.
(d) A psychologist.

3. Who owns the Andrea Gail?
(a) Howard Blackburn.
(b) Alfred Pierre.
(c) Bob Brown.
(d) Linda Greenlaw.

4. Who keeps records aboard the Andrea Gail?
(a) No one.
(b) Bobby Stratford.
(c) Michael Moran.
(d) Billy Tyne.

5. What region serves as a route through which the cold front that becomes part of "the mix" passes to join two other meteorological events to collectively create "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) Newfoundland.
(b) North Pole.
(c) Arctic Circle.
(d) Canadian Shield.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following sites are mentioned in Chapter Three as being two of the most dangerous places to fish?

2. What type of disaster strikes the boat from which the note in the bottle originates?

3. Ethel Shatford, the mother of Andrea Gail crew member Bobby Shatford works as a bartender at which of the taverns listed?

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

5. What type of fishing is conducted aboard the ill-fated boat upon which the note in the bottle is penned?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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"?

5. Pursuant to a description in Chapter 4, if you were to have taken a tour around the Andrea Gail prior to its ill-fated trip, what would you have been likely to see?

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

7. What type of impression does Sebastian Junger make when he states that he intends to base his writing of "The Perfect Storm" solely on fact?

8. Based on Junger's characterization of Andrea Gail and Hannah Bolen owner, Bob Brown, what can you write about his history in relation to other boats that he has owned in the past and any accidents within that time frame involving members of his crews?

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

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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