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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which now-extinct bird would flock overhead and darken the sky in 16th century North America?
(a) White-winged sandpipers.
(b) Passenger pigeons.
(c) Lorikeets.
(d) Mariana mallards.

5. In Great Britain since the nineteenth century, cod has meant ____.
(a) Government official.
(b) Dolt.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Joke or prank.

6. What is cod pickled with in barrels?
(a) Brine.
(b) Wine.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Beer.

7. What was the name of the island that Thomas Croft and John Jay searched for in the Atlantic?
(a) Hy-Brasil.
(b) Gran Canaria.
(c) Appat.
(d) Gough.

8. What does the word "Naumkeag" mean?
(a) Fishing place.
(b) Running horses.
(c) Farming land.
(d) Mountain people.

9. Who was the father of Erik the Red?
(a) Cnut the Great.
(b) Brodir of Man
(c) Leif Erickson.
(d) Thorwald.

10. Who backed Giovanni da Verrazzano on his travels?
(a) French silk merchants.
(b) Portuguese salt merchants.
(c) British whalers.
(d) Italian pottery makers.

11. What were lobsters considered to be by the Pilgrims?
(a) Delicacies.
(b) Sea monsters.
(c) Pests.
(d) Pets.

12. What is the scientific name for cod?
(a) Gadus morhua.
(b) Mircopterus salmoides floridanus.
(c) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha.
(d) Pomoxis nigromaculatus.

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

14. What is the name of the only tropical cod that remains today?
(a) Whiting.
(b) Bregmaceros.
(c) Cusk.
(d) Hake.

15. What was the Northern European product called when winter fish is dried without salting?
(a) Ling cod.
(b) Stockfish.
(c) Kippering.
(d) Smelting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Pilgrims fail to bring to North America that would aid in their survival?

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

3. What do humpback whales feed on?

4. What was the French salt tax called?

5. Who was sent to Guiana as a death sentence in the 16th century?

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