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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to weather reports, what type of foul weather condition is taking place in Bermuda?
2. How is Junger able to assist readers to differentiate direct quotes emanating from the characters throughout his narrative in "The Perfect Storm"?
3. What type of fishing is conducted aboard the ill-fated boat upon which the note in the bottle is penned?
4. What do the crew members of the Andrea Gail spend most of their time doing on the week that the boat travels up and the week that the boat travels back from a fishing trip?
5. Whose version is used as a basis for the description of the tragedy that takes place aboard the Andrea Gail during "The Perfect Storm"?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 3, Junger offers an extended biographic sketch of Andrea Gail Captain, Billy Tyne. What can you write about Tyne's early life based on Junger's writing?
2. 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?
3. Based on Junger's writing, why is night baiting dangerous?
4. What happened when the United States government relaxed standards for mercury?
5. Are there any positive universal elements contained in the note found in the bottle floating along the coast of Massachusetts?
6. According to Sebastian Junger, how does fisherman Howard Blackburn survive three days at sea?
7. What device does the skipper of The Satori use to navigate his way back home?
8. 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?
9. Explain the fishing process called "haul back" that is explained in Chapter 3 of "The Perfect Storm".
10. How are swordfish known to adversely affect man's well-being?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In retrospect, what seems to be of utmost importance to Captain Billy Tyne in making that ill-fated fishing trip? Does he have a motive? If so, what is it?
Essay Topic 2
According to Junger, a fishing subculture exists in Gloucester. 1) How does he illustrate a fishing sub-culture's existence in Gloucester? 2) Write about three characters who best exemplify part of the fishing sub-culture about which Junger writes, and explain why or how the characters whom you have chosen deserve that notation.
Essay Topic 3
There were two dramatic rescues involving the Coast Guard. One was a rescue attempt to rescue those aboard The Satori, and the second one was a rescue attempt to save a Japanese sailor off the New Jersey coast. 1) Which of the two rescue attempts is more dramatic? 2) Why? 3)Which of the two rescue attempts is more successful? 4) Why?
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