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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dorymen's wives made sails for them sewn from _____.
(a) Old sheets.
(b) Flour sacks.
(c) Old clothes.
(d) Towels.

2. According to the book, fishing is hardest on what part of the body?
(a) The fingers.
(b) The legs.
(c) The eyes.
(d) The back.

3. In 1995, a system was initiated to restrict the total cod catch to _____ percent of the estimated stock.
(a) 25.
(b) 50.
(c) 75.
(d) 10.

4. In 1881, a shipyard in Hull built a steam-powered trawler called the _____.
(a) Insomniac.
(b) Card Shark.
(c) The Merry Widow.
(d) Zodiac.

5. What were the French fishing fleets called?
(a) Poisson de la Mer.
(b) Terre-Neuve.
(c) Jette-beaux.
(d) Bateaux Royales.

6. Who were infamous on the Grand Banks for the harshness of their working conditions?
(a) The Portuguese.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The French.
(d) The British.

7. Hákarl is the flesh of a large _____.
(a) Greenland shark.
(b) Hake.
(c) Puffer fish.
(d) Gray skate.

8. "Clipper schooners" carried a lot of sail. Why were they dangerous?
(a) They ran aground easily.
(b) They could not handle gale winds.
(c) They weren't dangerous.
(d) They maneuvered poorly.

9. What are most houses in Iceland made out of now?
(a) Metal or concrete.
(b) Wood.
(c) Mud or brick.
(d) Rock.

10. In an otter trawl, the bottom opening is maintained by a chain made more mobile by metal _____.
(a) Bobbins.
(b) Wheels.
(c) Levers.
(d) Casings.

11. What company did Clarence Birdseye found in Gloucester?
(a) Harbor Food Processing.
(b) Ocean Foods.
(c) Gorton's Seafood Company.
(d) General Seafoods Company.

12. What was the forerunner of sonar?
(a) The phonometer.
(b) The echometer.
(c) The chronometer.
(d) The sonometer.

13. In the quota system, groundfish are killed being hauled up do to _____.
(a) Hypothermia.
(b) Pressure changes.
(c) Hyperthermia.
(d) Oxygen depletion.

14. A ship with onboard fish processing is called a _____.
(a) Factory ship.
(b) Transport plant.
(c) Process outfitter.
(d) Floating station.

15. What is it called when a net is dragged along the ocean floor?
(a) Crabbing.
(b) Deep sounding.
(c) Skim dragging.
(d) Bottom trawling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What 1901 convention establishing the three-mile limit was nullified in 1944?

2. The twin ports of Hull and Grimsby are on the _____ River.

3. What are twenty-foot, deckless skiffs called?

4. What is considered a bread substitute in Iceland?

5. What was invented in the mid-19th century that was slow to catch on in the fishing industry?

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