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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Working on the Edge: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas describes the crabbing seasons between 1976 and when?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1984.

2. What made the first night rough in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 6?
(a) Hurricane season.
(b) Net stealing.
(c) High winds.
(d) No catches.

3. What drug was a problem among the seamen during times of plenty?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Crack.

4. What was the name of the bar Spike Walker went to in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 5?
(a) Surfer Bar.
(b) Beachcomber Bar.
(c) Fishery Bay Bar.
(d) Crab Bay Bar.

5. The boat nearby was not showing up where in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 7?
(a) On radar.
(b) On the records.
(c) On rescue maps.
(d) On polynar.

6. What are the platforms called on the decks of boats that allow the crewmen to deposit the pots into the water?
(a) Ports.
(b) Decks.
(c) Launchers.
(d) Docks.

7. 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?
(a) Throwing the hook to catch the lines.
(b) Lowering the crab pots.
(c) Baiting the hooks.
(d) Running the cranes.

8. How much could the gigantic king crabs weigh as described by Walker in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 2?
(a) 40 lbs.
(b) 10 lbs.
(c) 2 lbs.
(d) 25 lbs.

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

10. 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) A bay.
(b) Two icebergs.
(c) A narrow channel.
(d) Two ships.

11. Into what did Spike Walker steer the boat in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 7?
(a) A snowstorm.
(b) Another ship.
(c) A channel.
(d) A dense fog.

12. 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 swam ashore.
(b) He was pulled aboard.
(c) He was saved by the Coast Guard.
(d) He drowned.

13. Who owned the Royal Quarry?
(a) Spike Walker.
(b) Mike Jones.
(c) Susy Wagner.
(d) Steve Calhoun.

14. What relative of the skipper died aboard the Jeffrey Allen?
(a) Brother.
(b) Brother in-law.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Father.

15. How many days did the crewmen spend setting out the second load of crab pots in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 3?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the skipper of the Williwaw Wind decide to take his crab to unload in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 6?

2. Where was the skipper of the Williwaw Wind from?

3. 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?

4. What are the names of the heavy, insulated outfits that are designed to protect a person in frigid waters?

5. The crew of the Williwaw Wind discovered in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 5 that their crab pots had been what?

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