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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. Which of the following sites are mentioned in Chapter Three as being two of the most dangerous places to fish?
2. 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"?
3. Why does Adam Randall decide not to join the crew of the Andrea Gail on the particular fishing trip described in "The Perfect Storm"?
4. Who is in charge of sailing the Satori?
5. What year is the note in a bottle found that is mentioned in Chapter One?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the fishing process called "haul back" that is explained in Chapter 3 of "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. 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?
4. 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?
5. 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"?
6. What can you write about the life of Bobby Shatford based on Sebastian Junger's writing in Chapter 2?
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. What happened when the United States government relaxed standards for mercury?
9. Are there any positive universal elements contained in the note found in the bottle floating along the coast of Massachusetts?
10. How are fishermen characterized in "The Perfect Storm"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast captains Billy Tyne and Albert Johnston. Which of the two shows more concern for his crew and passengers? Cite examples in support from the book.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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