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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. If hauled up from freezing water, cod will _____ because of a protein they produce.
(a) Turn to jelly.
(b) Explode.
(c) Crystallize.
(d) Implode.

2. Where is Pacific cod found?
(a) Off Alaska.
(b) Near Baja California.
(c) Off the coast of Chile.
(d) Off the coast of Northern California.

3. What are cod called after the larval stage?
(a) Spelders.
(b) Juveniles.
(c) Spawn.
(d) Creepers.

4. What does "Hanse" mean in Middle High German?
(a) Fellowship.
(b) Higher power.
(c) Ship.
(d) Cod.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color of the meat of a cod is the result of sluggish muscle tissue?

3. Who was murdered in the Icelandic fishing station of Grindavík in 1532?

4. John Smith renamed _____ "New England".

5. The word for fresh cod in French is ____.

(see the answer key)

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