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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the bar Spike Walker went to in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 5?
(a) Surfer Bar.
(b) Beachcomber Bar.
(c) Fishery Bay Bar.
(d) Crab Bay Bar.

2. Over what were the fishermen negotiating in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 3?
(a) Crab prices.
(b) Oil prices.
(c) Wages.
(d) Fishing fines.

3. Which crewman aboard the Royal Quarry was a college football player?
(a) Mike Jones.
(b) Steve Calhoun.
(c) Lars Nelson.
(d) Spike Walker.

4. What is the name of the large land mass off the coast of Alaska at the southern edge of the Bering Sea with the eastern coast having the port of St. Paul Harbor?
(a) Kodiak Island.
(b) St. George Island.
(c) Barrow Reef.
(d) Ross Island.

5. What boat hired Spike Walker in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?
(a) The Williwaw Wind.
(b) The Rondys.
(c) The St. Patrick.
(d) The Epic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was able to assist the Amber Dawn in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 5?

2. Who on the Rondys was a high school football player who, as the father of a new baby boy, flew to Alaska to find a job to provide for his family?

3. Where did the Williwaw Wind go to pick up a second load of crab pots in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 3?

4. What had increased immeasurably according to Spike Walker in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 2?

5. Thousands of what crashed into the Rondys in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 12?

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