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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - A Fish Tale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word "Naumkeag" mean?
(a) Farming land.
(b) Fishing place.
(c) Running horses.
(d) Mountain people.

2. What were lobsters considered to be by the Pilgrims?
(a) Sea monsters.
(b) Pets.
(c) Delicacies.
(d) Pests.

3. What is a growth that is produced from the nitrates being stirred up by conflicting currents?
(a) Telonemia.
(b) Diatoms.
(c) Krill.
(d) Phytoplankton.

4. What is cod pickled with in barrels?
(a) Vinegar.
(b) Wine.
(c) Brine.
(d) Beer.

5. What were wind-dried whiting wetted with seawater to give them a special taste called?
(a) Salthake.
(b) Speldings.
(c) Finnan haddie.
(d) Kippers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jacques Cartier is credited for "discovering" the mouth of which river?

2. John Smith renamed _____ "New England".

3. What was the Northern European product called when winter fish is dried without salting?

4. Where was the Puritan minister, Francis Higgenson, from?

5. What is the Basque language called?

(see the answer key)

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