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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 year is the note in a bottle found that is mentioned in Chapter One?
(a) The note in the bottle was found in 1895.
(b) The note in the bottle was found in 1897.
(c) The note in the bottle was found in 1899.
(d) The note in the bottle was found in 1891.

2. 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) Homes away from home.
(c) Support group meeting places.
(d) Community centers.

3. Which of the time frames listed corresponds best to the setting of "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) January, 1985.
(b) October, 1991.
(c) March, 1993.
(d) July, 1992.

4. According to Junger, fishermen enter their profession via which of the following routes listed?
(a) They pursue and obtain a college education in marine biology.
(b) Fishermen wander into fishing because their fathers, uncles, brothers, friends and other men in their lives are in it..
(c) They enter it to provide for their families.
(d) Fishermen openly choose the fishing profession.

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

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. According to the note found in a bottle in Chapter One, what parts of its boat of origin are missing?

3. What information source does Sebastian Junger state that he uses for compiling the direct quotes alluded to characters in "The Perfect Storm" ?

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

5. What is Andrea Gail crew member "Bugsy" Moran's real given name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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"?

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

5. Aside from wanting to report the destruction and imminent sinking of his ship, what other reasons could the writer of the note found in a bottle along the coast of Massachusetts in 1895 have had for writing the note and placing it in a bottle?

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

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

9. Based on Junger's writing, why is night baiting dangerous?

10. What is the vision that author Sebastian Junger has for "The Perfect Storm"?

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