The Perfect Storm Quiz 4

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

• Michael Moran

• Alfred Pierre

• Billy Tyne

• There are no survivors.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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

• Editorial

• Historical fiction

• Journalistic reporting

• Testimonial

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2