The Perfect Storm Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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The Perfect Storm Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ultimately Mioli, Ruvola, and Spillane are rescued using which of the following rescue gear?
(a) Basket lift.
(b) Rescue rafts.
(c) Survival suits.
(d) Mesh ropes.

2. Author Sebastian Junger attributes a five to ten-minute extension of the life of the crew of the Andrea Gail to which of the following?
(a) Scuba equipment used by crew members.
(b) Survival suits worn my crew members.
(c) Larynospasm.
(d) Diving reflex.

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?
(a) 120 feet high.
(b) 90 feet high.
(c) 100 feet high.
(d) 80 feet high.

4. How many miles does the Andrea Gail log over the course of four days?
(a) 460 miles.
(b) 545 miles.
(c) 605 miles.
(d) 122 miles.

5. Based on the wind force gauge system that the fishermen use, what force level is "The Perfect Storm"?
(a) Force 9.
(b) Force 11.
(c) Force 10.
(d) Force 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the last person to communicate with Billy Tyne as "The Perfect Storm" and the Andrea Gail are headed toward each other?

2. What is the name of the ice company in the fishing village upon which the crew of the Andrea Gail depends on for ice to keep fish fresh aboard the Andrea Gail?

3. According to Junger, which of the following types of fish is the most popular catch among early European fishermen fishing off the coast of Newfoundland in the New World?

4. Junger calls the point in which a vessel gets driven down by overwhelming natural forces such as waves which of the following?

5. Who among the following characters fractures three bones in his right arm, four ribs and ruptures a kidney upon falling into the raging sea water during the rescue attempt along the New Jersey coast?

(see the answer key)

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