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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Spike Walker first arrive in Alaska?
(a) Point Barrow.
(b) Kodiak Island.
(c) Kayak Strait.
(d) Juneau.

3. What are the names of the heavy, insulated outfits that are designed to protect a person in frigid waters?
(a) Scuba suits.
(b) Survival suits.
(c) Ice suits.
(d) Water suits.

4. Who was in the wheelhouse of the Williwaw Wind when distress hit in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) Susy.
(b) Spike Walker.
(c) Lars.
(d) Nels.

5. In Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 10, Spike Walker was on his ____ trip with the Williwaw Wind.
(a) Fifth.
(b) Last.
(c) First.
(d) Sixth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what were the fishermen negotiating in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 3?

2. How long had it been since the fiasco with the City of Seattle in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 4?

3. What boat sent out a distress call to the Elusive in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 3?

4. Where had the Marion A hit a reef in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?

5. Spike Walker describes how one man attempted to do what to a fellow crewman before jumping overboard in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 2?

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