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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 Mike Doyle in the end of his fiasco in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 6?
(a) He was pulled aboard.
(b) He was saved by the Coast Guard.
(c) He swam ashore.
(d) He drowned.

2. What is the name of the system used to keep track of the sea's depth and other fishing vessels?
(a) Satellite.
(b) Frequency.
(c) Radar.
(d) Radio.

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?
(a) Launch a second ship.
(b) Wait its turn to unload.
(c) Pay fees to unload.
(d) Pay fees to enter.

4. What job did Spike Walker spend his summer doing in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?
(a) Working for a timber company.
(b) Painting and repairing the ship.
(c) Working in the oil fields.
(d) Getting married.

5. When did king crab season end?
(a) January.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) February.

Short Answer Questions

1. Someone had cut the wire connecting what on the Williwaw Wind in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 8?

2. The skipper of the Jeffrey Allen was washed out of what when the boat rolled over?

3. Spike Walker describes how one crewman quit fishing after months of what in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 2?

4. Who on the Rondys was a high school football player who, as the father of a new baby boy, flew to Alaska to find a job to provide for his family?

5. Where did the famous tragedy of John and Olaf take place?

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