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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the Royal Quarry stay in Lazy Bay in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 4?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 8 days.

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

3. Where did Spike Walker first arrive in Alaska?
(a) Juneau.
(b) Kodiak Island.
(c) Kayak Strait.
(d) Point Barrow.

4. What did Mike Doyle's fellow crewmen use to try to get him out of the water in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 6?
(a) An anchor.
(b) A rescue boat.
(c) A crab line.
(d) A pipe pole.

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

6. What is the name of the ship where the crew was washed overboard in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 6?
(a) The All Alaskan.
(b) The St. Patrick.
(c) The Epic.
(d) The Royal Quarry.

7. The gigantic king crabs could have a leg span of over how many feet, as described by Walker in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 2?
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

8. Who ran the boat aground in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 6?
(a) Spike.
(b) Calhoun.
(c) Susy.
(d) Jonesy.

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

10. What months passed in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 7?
(a) September and October.
(b) March and April.
(c) October and November.
(d) April and May.

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

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

13. What were the two survivors of the Master Carl attacked by on land?
(a) An elk.
(b) A moose.
(c) A mountain lion.
(d) A bear.

14. 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?
(a) Jonesy.
(b) Calhoun.
(c) Mike.
(d) Susy.

15. With whom did Spike Walker stay while waiting to find a job in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 1?
(a) Lars Anderson.
(b) Mark Neils.
(c) Jonesy.
(d) Steve Calhoun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the skipper of the Williwaw Wind?

2. Whom did Spike see at the bar, pretending to know nothing about crab fishing in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 5?

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. 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?

5. What was Susy's boss at the cannery dead set against a woman operating?

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