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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. What type of boat is The Satori?
2. Which of the coasts listed below is known for the occurrence of a large number of freak wave "monsters"?
3. The highest waves ever recorded along the Scotian Shelf, or anywhere at any time according to author Sebastian Junger, occurred within "The Perfect Storm". How high were the waves to which Junger refers?
4. How long is the sandbar known as Sable Island?
5. How many helicopters are involved in the rescue of the crew of The Satori?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of obstacle does Coast Guard rescuer Dave Moore have to overcome during his attempt to save those who had been aboard The Satori?
2. What unconventional rescue method described in Chapter 9 does the Air National Guard resort to for what results in the rescue of three of its own rescuers during the attempt to rescue a Japanese sailor off the New Jersey coast?
3. The biggest freak wave ever recorded is mentioned and described in Chapter 6. Explain the details of this event.
4. What is the difference between "pitch-poling" and "floundering"?
5. According to the information that Junger provides in Chapter 7, what are the steps one takes in order to induce the life-preserving technique known as laryngospasm?
6. Describe the steps as detailed in Chapter 7 in relation to how the life-preserving "diving reflex"" technique can be set in motion.
7. What three types of weather phenomena are identified in Chapter 5 that will soon be merging to form "The Perfect Storm"?
8. What was the United States Navy doing in relation to the detonation of nuclear bombs in the ocean about 40 years ago as Junger describes in Chapter 7?
9. In Chapter 5, what does Junger describe as the action that a boat crew takes when they hear reports that a storm is hitting a boat at sea?
10. Describe the life-saving technique that Ernie Hazard used as it is explained in Chapter 7.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Sebastian Junger's purpose in writing "The Perfect Storm"? Is it to make a statement? Is it to pay tribute to the victims of "The Perfect Storm"? Is it a little of both? Cite examples from the text to support your claim.
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
As the Andrea Gail is ready to depart the dock at Gloucester, Adam Randall states that he has had a premonition about disaster striking that boat, so he stays behind and does not join the crew for the anticipated month-long fishing trip. 1) Could Adam Randall's last-minute refusal to join the Andrea Gail crew be considered cowardly in nature? Why or why not? 2) Could his behavior be sensible? Why? 3) Could his behavior be considered superstitious? Why or why not?
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