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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. The Royal Quarry was the only crab boat in Alaska to have what?
(a) A new rig.
(b) A new shipping line.
(c) A female deckhand.
(d) A thousand crab pots.

2. Which boat rolled over in the south of Kodiak Island in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 12?
(a) The All Alaskan.
(b) The Marion A.
(c) The St. Patrick.
(d) The Epic.

3. The skipper of the Jeffrey Allen was washed out of what when the boat rolled over?
(a) Release pipe.
(b) Cabins.
(c) The wheelhouse.
(d) Deck.

4. Which crewman aboard the Royal Quarry was a college football player?
(a) Mike Jones.
(b) Spike Walker.
(c) Steve Calhoun.
(d) Lars Nelson.

5. What is another name for Opelio Crab?
(a) Tanner crab.
(b) King crab.
(c) Blue crab.
(d) Snow crab.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 10, Spike heard a story of a fisherman who was saved by the luck of what?

2. What did the Rondys begin fishing for in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 12?

3. What are the platforms called on the decks of boats that allow the crewmen to deposit the pots into the water?

4. Into what did Spike Walker steer the boat in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 7?

5. Spike Walker writes in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Summary 1 that what year saw an epic increase of crab boats?

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