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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapters 7-10, Summary 2, and Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Summary 2, how many pounds of crab does Spike Walker write the Rondys unloaded that year?
(a) 800,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 200,000.

2. What are the greater United States referred to often by Alaskans?
(a) The rest of the country.
(b) The lower 48.
(c) Down under.
(d) Nonalaska.

3. Who took glee in Spike's suffering from sea sickness in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 7?
(a) Capri.
(b) Sampson.
(c) Lars.
(d) Sven.

4. What was the name of the skipper of the Williwaw Wind?
(a) Nels.
(b) Calhoun.
(c) Jonesy.
(d) Lars.

5. What fishing vessel found Gerald Bourgeois in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) The Moonsong.
(b) The Epic.
(c) The Marion A.
(d) The Williwaw Wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. The crewmen on the Williwaw Wind were named Fritz and what?

2. Working on the Edge: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas describes the crabbing seasons between 1976 and when?

3. Despite ties to ownership, the Rondys still had to do what in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 9?

4. How much could the gigantic king crabs weigh as described by Walker in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 2?

5. Where did Spike take a brief vacation in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 11?

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