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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Williwaw Wind headed in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 2?
(a) The Bering Sea.
(b) The Atlantic Ocean.
(c) The Pacific Ocean.
(d) The Indian Ocean.

2. What are the platforms called on the decks of boats that allow the crewmen to deposit the pots into the water?
(a) Launchers.
(b) Ports.
(c) Docks.
(d) Decks.

3. What did Spike Walker do when he was offered a fill-in job on another boat in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 5?
(a) Turned it down.
(b) Took the job.
(c) Left Alaska.
(d) Quit his job.

4. 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) Bering Sea.
(b) St. George.
(c) Kodiak Island.
(d) Juneau.

5. When the Williwaw Wind reached a risky area past, where did the boat ahead of them run aground in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 2?
(a) Unimak Island.
(b) Alitua Island.
(c) St. George Island.
(d) Shelikof Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the two survivors of the Master Carl attacked by on land?

2. What is the name of the large land mass off the coast of Alaska at the southern edge of the Bering Sea with the eastern coast having the port of St. Paul Harbor?

3. Whom did Spike see at the bar, pretending to know nothing about crab fishing in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 5?

4. What drug was a problem among the seamen during times of plenty?

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?

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