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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Last Hunters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was sent to Guiana as a death sentence in the 16th century?
(a) Juan Martinez.
(b) Thomas Huxley.
(c) John Cabot.
(d) Marco Polo.

2. According to the book, who is the biggest buyer of the draggers' catch?
(a) Long John Silver's.
(b) Spain.
(c) Gorton's.
(d) McDonald's.

3. What is the leading cause of death on a modern trawler?
(a) Freezing to death.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Falling overboard.
(d) Being crushed by machinery.

4. Who was the longtime director of Iceland's Marine Research Institute and one of the negotiators during the third Cod War?
(a) Jon Jonsson.
(b) Leif Marksson.
(c) Thor Thorsson.
(d) Erik Grindavík.

5. What are the best shore spaces for drying catch called?
(a) Line shacks.
(b) Fishing rooms.
(c) Salt caves.
(d) Sloops.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hákarl is the flesh of a large _____.

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

3. In the 1780's, British medicine decided cod-liver oil was a remedy for _____.

4. What Nova Scotia fish product was heavily salted on schooners, then dried on flakes along a rocky coastline?

5. Who was Canada's new minister of Fisheries in 1994?

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