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

2. 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?
(a) Radio signal.
(b) Crab pots.
(c) The loud speaker.
(d) Radar.

3. Who ignored requests to come to the wheelhouse in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) Jonesy.
(b) Lars.
(c) Spike.
(d) Mike.

4. With whom were the fishermen negotiating in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 3?
(a) The oil companies.
(b) The grocery stores.
(c) The canneries.
(d) The restaurants.

5. In Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Summary 2, how many pounds of crab does Spike Walker write the Rondys unloaded that year?
(a) 800,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 200,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How did Spike Walker feel that the crab season was over in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 12?

3. What was the name of the first crab boat bought by Vern Hall's father?

4. The skipper died on what ship when a wave exploded through the wheelhouse windows and knocked him to the floor in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 7?

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?

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