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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. Who was murdered in the Icelandic fishing station of Grindavík in 1532?
(a) John Cabot.
(b) Erik the Red.
(c) John the Broad.
(d) John Smith.

2. Where was John Cabot born?
(a) Iberia.
(b) Milan.
(c) Genoa.
(d) Bristol.

3. What is the Anglo-Saxon word that means "a place that has salt"?
(a) Ham.
(b) Wich.
(c) Chester.
(d) Ville.

4. What is the name of the long tube of air bladder in a cod that fills and adjusts swimming depth?
(a) The balloon.
(b) The buoy.
(c) The sound.
(d) The floater.

5. What was the French salt tax called?
(a) Franc sel.
(b) Gabargent.
(c) Sels tax.
(d) Gabelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. If hauled up from freezing water, cod will _____ because of a protein they produce.

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

3. What do New Englanders call smaller thin-shelled quahogs?

4. From Newfoundland to southern New England, there is a series of shallow areas called _____.

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

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