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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. Aboard the Andrea Gail, Billy Tyne shares quarters with which of the following?
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. Who replaces Adam Randall as a crew member aboard the Andrea Gail?
4. Who keeps records aboard the Andrea Gail?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the value and mechanical status of the Andrea Gail as recorded between the late 1980's and the early 1990's?
2. There is a section in Chapter 4 of the book that Junger devotes to describing how Andrea Gail Captain, Billy Tyne, is having a bad fishing trip. What are some of the factors contributing to Tyne's bad trip status?
3. Are there any positive universal elements contained in the note found in the bottle floating along the coast of Massachusetts?
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. What are the ways that Junger explains that taverns in Gloucester double as "orphanages" for local fishermen?
6. How are swordfish known to adversely affect man's well-being?
7. How much is considered a good day's catch?
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. How are fishermen characterized in "The Perfect Storm"?
10. What is the vision that author Sebastian Junger has for "The Perfect Storm"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Canvassing all of the characters in "The Perfect Storm", who suffers the most emotional pain? Which way do they suffer? How long do they suffer?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Captain Billy Tyne and Skipper Ray Leonard were both in charge of their respective ships. How are these two men alike? Do they run their ships alike? Do they treat their crews the same? Why or why not?
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