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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 7 includes explicit information about which of the following?
(a) Factual information on how ships go down.
(b) Factual information about how the oceans play an important role in human lives.
(c) Factual information about why sailing is not recommended during foul weather.
(d) Factual information about the family members of each of the crew members of the Andrea Gail.

2. How long is the sandbar known as Sable Island?
(a) 20 miles.
(b) 100 miles.
(c) 160 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

3. "Diving reflex" as mentioned by Junger in "The Perfect Storm" does NOT refer to which of the following?
(a) Blood pools toward the heart and skull in a temporary hibernation.
(b) Metabolism decreases.
(c) Heart slows down.
(d) Lung activity ceases.

4. If the sound of wind during a windstorm is a deep tonal vibration like a church organ, what force level do fishermen gauge the windstorm to be?
(a) Force 10.
(b) Force 11.
(c) Force 9.
(d) Force 12.

5. Author Sebastian Junger writes that a series of waves that can drive a ship underwater is known as which of the following?
(a) Wave crush.
(b) Floundering.
(c) Weighing down.
(d) Inundating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon hearing reports about the unfavorable weather forecast, what area becomes the destination of the EIshin Maru 78?

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?

3. An anemometer measures which of the following?

4. What is the proper term for the rafts that are used to transport those aboard The Satori to a Coast Guard rescue cutter?

5. How many years of experience at sea do Murph, Bugsy and Billy have among them?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what context are "PJ's" used by Junger in this chapter?

2. What type of response to her call for assistance does Satori passenger Karen Stimpson receive?

3. How do scientists explain the beginning and ending of oceanic waves?

4. What three types of weather phenomena are identified in Chapter 5 that will soon be merging to form "The Perfect Storm"?

5. What method of transportation, as described in Chapter 8, is used to shuttle those who had been on The Satori to safety?

6. In Chapter 5, which five different directions do five different vessels head toward as those at their helms learn about the forecast concerning the forthcoming "Perfect Storm"?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. In Chapter 6, what are the reasons noted by Albert Johnston for steering the Mary T toward colder waters on the night of October 28th as "The Perfect Storm" is approaching?

10. 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?

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