The Perfect Storm Part 1

What is the name of the bar where the crew hangs out when they're ashore?

• The Boar's Head

• The Crow's Nest

• The Old Salt Tavern

• The Irish Mariner

What is the name of the fishing vessel that our story is about?

• The Hannah Boder

• The Andrea Gail

• The Perfect Catch

• The Sarah Leah

What is the Captain's name?

• Bob Brown

• Billy Tyne

• Charlie Reed

• Dale Murphy

What is Bobby's mother's occupation?

• Housekeeper

• Babysitter

• Fish Cutter

• Bartender

What are the crew of the Andrea Gail seeking to catch?

• Tuna

• Lobster

• Swordfish

• Shark

Where is the shoreline, that is, in which American state is the setting of The Perfect Storm?

• Rhode Island

• Maine

• New York

• Massachusetts

The Perfect Storm is a true story.

• True

• False

Who is the author of The Perfect Storm?

• Sebastian Junger.

• Sebastian Coe.

• Sebastian Holder.

• Sebastian Bach.

Reorder the following events from earliest to latest.

• Murph and Sully buy four thousand dollars' worth of food at the supermarket.

• Ethel Shatford goes to work in the Crow's Nest as a bartender.

• A letter in a bottle is set afloat when the Falcon sinks off Georges Bank.

• Adam Randall walked away instead of shipping out on the Andrea Gail .

The reason why the author calls it "the perfect storm" is because

• it was a storm that could not possibly get worse

• the storm contained wind, rain, sleet, snow, and hail all at the same time

• "perfect storm" is a synonym for "hurricane"

• none of these are correct