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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Last Hunters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Peru, Clarence Birdseye found a way to covert crushed remains of sugar cane into _____.
(a) Cloth.
(b) Dog food.
(c) Paint.
(d) Paper.

2. What is stuffed cod stomach called in the Scottish Highlands?
(a) Float porridge.
(b) Whelp.
(c) Liver-muggie.
(d) Haggis.

3. Harp seals do not like to deal with what part of the cod?
(a) Heads.
(b) Fish bones.
(c) Gills.
(d) Fins.

4. Quotas cause as much of _____percent of a fisherman's catch to get dumped into the sea.
(a) Forty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Twenty.

5. What are Greenland halibut called?
(a) Shiners.
(b) Crobin.
(c) Scrod.
(d) Turbot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johann Sigurjonsson is _____ of the Marine Research Institute in Iceland.

2. "Clipper schooners" carried a lot of sail. Why were they dangerous?

3. Nova Scotia fishermen looked for a red gravel floor favored by cod called _____.

4. Equipment that waits for the fish is called _____.

5. The colonial governor of New Amsterdam wrote of six-foot _____ in 1649.

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