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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 happened to Gerald Bourgeois' boat in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) It was pulled to land.
(b) It was bombed.
(c) It was sold.
(d) It sank.

2. The skipper of the Williwaw Wind reasoned that the canneries where were overloaded with crab in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 6?
(a) St. George.
(b) Bering Sea.
(c) Kodiak Island.
(d) Juneau.

3. What was Susy's boss at the cannery dead set against a woman operating?
(a) The fish nets.
(b) The cranes.
(c) The crab pots.
(d) The canning machines.

4. The skipper of the Jeffrey Allen found his crew trapped behind a what?
(a) Portal.
(b) Broken pipe.
(c) Crab pot.
(d) Rusty crane.

5. In Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 3, the Royal Quarry took refuge from a storm in the narrow entrance to what?
(a) Lazy Bay.
(b) Kinak Bay.
(c) Akutan Bay.
(d) Toksook Bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Williwaw Wind headed in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 7?

2. Who aboard the Rondys was described as a quiet man who worked at a pace that many men would never be able to keep?

3. The Royal Quarry was the only crab boat in Alaska to have what?

4. What processing ship did the Rondys unload at in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 9?

5. The gigantic king crabs could have a leg span of over how many feet, as described by Walker in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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