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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. What do New Englanders call smaller thin-shelled quahogs?
(a) Barnacles.
(b) Sandies.
(c) Mud bugs.
(d) Steamers.

2. "In gadiform fish, evolution is seen in the _____."
(a) Tails.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Gills.
(d) Fins.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sterling", according to Kurlansky, means what?

2. What was the name of the island that Thomas Croft and John Jay searched for in the Atlantic?

3. Who monopolized the Baltic herring trade and tried the same thing with dried cod in the fifteenth century?

4. The eating habits of cod are classified as _____.

5. What were wind-dried whiting wetted with seawater to give them a special taste called?

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