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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 5-9 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Dave Capri.
(b) Steve Calhoun.
(c) Terry Sampson.
(d) Lars Nelson.

2. What was needed to rescue the ship in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 4?
(a) An anchor.
(b) A stronger pump.
(c) A patch.
(d) A fire hose.

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

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

5. The cost of what rose in the 1980s, making it difficult for fishermen to earn a profit?
(a) Tuna.
(b) Crab.
(c) Licenses.
(d) Fuel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Spike Walker took over the job of doing what in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 3?

2. Where were the nights centered around in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 4?

3. One skipper was arrested in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 5 while trying to run his boat back to his home port where?

4. What was the name of Gerald Bourgeois' boat?

5. Whom did Spike Walker find it hard not to like in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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