The Perfect Storm Quiz 4

Who aboard the Andrea Gail survives "The Perfect Storm"?

• Michael Moran

• Alfred Pierre

• Billy Tyne

• There are no survivors.

Why had Adam Randall decided not to join the crew of the Andrea Gail?

• Adam had a premonition of disaster.

• Adam slips, falls, and fractures his back, leaving him unable to travel.

• He forgot to pack his blood pressure medication and was unable to leave without it.

• His mother became gravely ill and Adam felt that he could not leave.

What serves as Sebastian Junger's source for conversations that may have taken place among the crew of the Andrea Gail while they are at sea?

• Audio tapes recorded by the crew of the Andrea Gail that were discovered along with other wreckage from the ship.

• United States Coast Guard incident reports.

• Billy Tyne's captain's logbook he kept aboard the Andrea Gail.

• His mind. He makes up what the conversations might have been based on his interviews with other swordfishermen about what it's like during a heavy storm at sea.

According to the crew members aboard The Satori, the boat's skipper did not want to abandon the ship for which of the following reasons?

• The skipper was convinced that he was experienced enough to be able to steer The Satori to safety without the necessity of having to abandon her.

• The skipper felt that he had invested too much money in the remodeling and upkeep of The Satori to merely abandon it.

• The Satori contained too many of the skipper's personal and sentimental valuables.

• The Satori was the skipper's home.

What is the name of the Coast Guard cutter that responds to The Satori's call for help?

• The Briscoe.

• The Kuykendall.

• The Lexington.

• The Tamaroa.

What is the difference between pitch-poling and floundering when a ship goes down?

After the Perfect Storm, what are the immediate signs signaling that perhaps not all may be well with the Andrea Gail and her crew?

(Select any/all answers that apply.)

• Linda Greenlaw and her crew aboard the Hannah Bolen have not heard from anyone aboard the Andrea Gail.

• The Coast Guard tells the Andrea Gail's owner, Bob Brown, that there have been no EPIRB signals in relation to the storm.

• Other ships such as the Eishin Maru and the Allison are in radio contact, but no one has made radio contact with anyone aboard the Andrea Gail.

• Billy Tyne radioed several mayday calls before losing radio contact.

"The Perfect Storm" is a nonfiction novel based primarily on what kind of writing?

• Editorial

• Historical fiction

• Journalistic reporting

• Testimonial

The weather phenomena that combined to create the Perfect Storm included ​ (a)   ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   .

• Hurricane Grace
• a cold front from over the Great Lakes
• a nor'easter coming through Canada
• a tornado originating on Cape Cod
• a cold front from over Nantucket Island

What does the skipper report to be the primary reason that The Satori ends up being abandoned?