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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. What are attached to the ropes that are attached to the pots to allow the fishermen to lift them out of the water?
(a) Buoys.
(b) Docks.
(c) Trail lines.
(d) Harbors.

2. What did Spike attempt to maneuver the boat through in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 6?
(a) Two ships.
(b) A narrow channel.
(c) A bay.
(d) Two icebergs.

3. Spike Walker ran into a man he had worked with in what industry in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 4?
(a) Oil.
(b) Logging.
(c) Canning.
(d) Manufacturing.

4. Who was able to assist the Amber Dawn in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 5?
(a) The Williwaw Wind.
(b) The Epic.
(c) The Coast Guard.
(d) The Rondys.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 10, Spike Walker was on his ____ trip with the Williwaw Wind.

2. What is another name for the captain of a boat?

3. Where did Spike Walker attend college?

4. For whom did Spike Walker's respect grow in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 6?

5. 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?

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