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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year does disaster strike the boat upon which the note in a bottle was written?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1890.

2. Who keeps records aboard the Andrea Gail?
(a) Bobby Stratford.
(b) Billy Tyne.
(c) No one.
(d) Michael Moran.

3. How is Junger able to assist readers to differentiate direct quotes emanating from the characters throughout his narrative in "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) He does not use quotation marks.
(b) He uses italicization and quotation marks.
(c) He uses quotation marks only.
(d) He uses italicization only.

4. What type of sense does Junger apply to his use of the term "Perfect Storm" ?
(a) Theoretical sense.
(b) Literal sense.
(c) Historical sense.
(d) Meteorological sense.

5. In Chapter 1, off the coast of which state does a mackerel schooner's crew find a bottle with a note in it?
(a) Maine.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What source does Sebastian Junger use to reconstruct the disaster that befalls the Andrea Gail?

2. The note in the bottle that is found floating along the coast of New England is directed to which of the following?

3. What is the name of the vessel upon which it is established that the note in the bottle was written?

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

5. What type of boat is the note writer in Chapter One aboard?

(see the answer key)

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