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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the key questions that Junger asks himself in relation to the men aboard the ill-fated mackerel schooner?
(a) "Do they cry?"
(b) "Did they try to get help from neighboring schooners?
(c) "Did they ever make it back home?
(d) "What did they do with the mackerel that they had caught?"

2. Who owns the Andrea Gail?
(a) Howard Blackburn.
(b) Bob Brown.
(c) Alfred Pierre.
(d) Linda Greenlaw.

3. Why is Albert Johnston careful and concerned about being able to return from fishing expeditions?
(a) Because he has listened to weather forecasts announcing the formation of a storm that is headed to the same location as the Andrea Gail.
(b) Because he has a wife and children.
(c) Because he knows that the odds are against him being able to return.
(d) Because he has experienced a series of nightmares in which he was not able to return from a fishing expedition.

4. Sable Island is also known as which of the following?
(a) "The World's Longest Sandbar".
(b) "The Best Diving Destination on Earth".
(c) "Graveyard of the Atlantic".
(d) "The Sea Horse Capital of the World".

5. What is the length of the Andrea Gail?
(a) Sixty-two (62) feet.
(b) Seventy-five (75) feet.
(c) Forty-five (45) feet.
(d) Fifty-five (55) feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. When fishing, how long are the workdays of crew members aboard the Andrea Gail?

2. How does the Andrea Gail try to save herself in the midst of "The Perfect Storm"?

3. Who is the cook aboard the Andrea Gail?

4. The manner in which Sebastian Junger writes Chapter One makes it resemble what type of narrative source?

5. Which of the following types of structures is NOT located on Sable Island today?

(see the answer key)

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