The Perfect Storm

Part 1
1- When did the storm happen?
2- Who were most of the people caught in the storm?
3- What did the storm do?
4- What does a perfect storm mean? How often does it happen?
5- Where is Gloucester? Who do people do for a living?
6- Describe the landscape. What can you see there? What can you hear?
7- What and where is the Crows Nest?
8- Who is Ethel Shatford?
9- When does the story begin?
10- Describe Bobby and Chris
11- What is the Andrea Gail? Why is it important?
12- Describe Michael Bugsy Moran
13- Describe Dale Murphy
14- Describe Mary Anne, Bobbys sister
15- What happened on Dec 31
st
, 1990
16- What were the problems for Bobby and Chris?
17- What did Bobby decide? Was Chris happy with his decision?
18- How was the Crows Nest that night?
Part 2
1- What fish did the Andrea Gail crew catch? Describe them
2- How are sword-fishing boats called? Why?
3- How many trips do sword-fishing boats make?
4- Who owned the Andrea Gail?
5- According to Ethel Shatford, who should be a fisherman? Why?
6- Who is David Sullivan? Why was he on the Andrea Gail?
7- Why was it difficult to find men who wanted to go on that voyage?
8- Describe Adam Randall
9- What did Adam say about the Andrea Gail?
Part 3
1- What did they buy?
2- Why was everybody in a bad mood before leaving the city?
3- Who were going to the Grand Banks on the Andrea Gail?
Part 4
1- Describe the Andrea Gail
2- What did the man on watch do?
3- When did the ship reach the Tail of the Banks?
4- What/whom did they me there?
5- Describe the day of the storm. What happened to the ship?
6- Why wasnt the trip going well?
7- What is the Flemish Cap?
Part 5
1- Who is Linda Greenlaw? And Hannah Boaden?
2- What did the crews do?
3- What problems did Billy Tine have?
4- Describe Bob Brown
5- What happened when the Andrea Gail reached the Flemish Cap?
6- Why was Sable Island to the thought of?
7- What was the weather like? Where was the hurricane?
Part 6
1- Who decides what to do when theres a storm?
2- What did albert Johnston decide? And the Andrea Gails Captain?
3- What did they have to do when there was a storm?
4- What did Bob Case know? (weather man)
5- What did they say that itll be the perfect storm?
6- What do data buoys do?
7- Who is Tommy Barrie?
8- What did Billys message say?
9- Why was Linda Greenlaw worried?
10- Whose boat was in danger in Sable Island? Describe its captain
11- What was the storm like on Oct, 28
th
?
Part 7
1- What happened to the Andrea Gail? Why didnt they answer?
2- What did the data buoy record?
3- What can you tell us about Sable Island?
4- How many people have drowned there?
5- What was the weather like? What was happening to the Andrea Gail?
6- What is an EPIRB?
7- Why wasnt it strange that Billy Tine didnt call the Coast Guard?
8- Who were the most experienced men in the Andrea Gail?
9- Describe Murphs experiences at sea
10- What did Murph do before sailing?

Part 8
1- When did the hurricane collide with the Sable Island storm?
2- What did most o the fishermen do?
3- Why was the Satori in danger?
4- What was Karen prepared for?
5- What did they send?
6- What did the coast Guard do?
7- Describe an H-3
8- Who didnt want to be rescued?
9- Where they rescued?
Part 9
1- Who were on the water waiting to be rescued?
2- Who is a Falcon?
3- Was it possible for the H-3 pilot to rescue them?
4- What did these men have to do in order to be rescued?
5- What happened to Rick Smith?
Part 10
1- What did Chris Cotter dream?
2- What happened on Oct 30
th
?
3- What did Linda say to Bob Brown?
4- What did the Coast Guard ask the other boats to do?
5- Why was it difficult to search for the Andrea Gail?
6- What did they find on Nov 1
st
? and the following day?
7- What rumour was started in relation to the Andrea Gails EPIRB?
8- What happened on Nov 8
th
?
Part 11
1- What did Chris do after the search for the Andrea Gail stopped?
2- Why were the families unable to say goodbye to the sailors?
3- What happened to Dale, Debras son?
4- What did Chris dream about?
5- What happened a year after the ships disappearance in the Crows Nest?
6- What do people who work at the sea believe in?
7- Who joined the Terri Leis crew?
8- What did adam feel around the boat?
9- What happened on April 7
th
?
10- Who died?
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