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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was needed to rescue the ship in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 4?
(a) A stronger pump.
(b) A patch.
(c) An anchor.
(d) A fire hose.

2. How long had it been since the fiasco with the City of Seattle in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 4?
(a) Three days.
(b) Six days.
(c) One week.
(d) One day.

3. Who was the skipper of the Elusive?
(a) Spike Walker.
(b) Lars Nelson.
(c) Tom MacDonald.
(d) Mike Jones.

4. Spike Walker ran into a man he had worked with in what industry in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 4?
(a) Manufacturing.
(b) Oil.
(c) Logging.
(d) Canning.

5. What job did Spike Walker spend his summer doing in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?
(a) Painting and repairing the ship.
(b) Working in the oil fields.
(c) Working for a timber company.
(d) Getting married.

6. In Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 10, Spike heard a story of a fisherman who was saved by the luck of what?
(a) A coin toss.
(b) A four-leaf-clover.
(c) A letter.
(d) An albatross.

7. 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 Epic.
(c) The St. Patrick.
(d) The Rondys.

8. 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) Wages.
(b) Fishing fines.
(c) Crab prices.
(d) Oil prices.

9. 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?
(a) The Williwaw Wind.
(b) The Rondys.
(c) The Epic.
(d) The Coast Guard.

10. To where did the Rondys begin heading in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?
(a) Juneau.
(b) Dutch Harbor.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Portland.

11. In Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Summary 2, how many pounds of crab does Spike Walker write the Rondys unloaded that year?
(a) 800,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 500,000.

12. Which boat rolled over in the south of Kodiak Island in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 12?
(a) The Epic.
(b) The All Alaskan.
(c) The St. Patrick.
(d) The Marion A.

13. What did the crew of the Rondys learn upon anchoring in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 3?
(a) A strike.
(b) A famine.
(c) A fire.
(d) A crash.

14. Where had the Rondys anchored in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 3?
(a) Dutch Harbor.
(b) Prince Charles Island.
(c) Juneau.
(d) Kodiak Island.

15. When did the Rondys depart at sea in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?
(a) Mid-July.
(b) Mid-September.
(c) Mid-August.
(d) Mid-June.

Short Answer Questions

1. What boat sent out a distress call to the Elusive in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 3?

2. One skipper was arrested in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 5 while trying to run his boat back to his home port where?

3. What happened to the City of Seattle in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 3?

4. How was the fishing in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 5?

5. Where was Gerald Bourgeois found in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?

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