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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Royal Quarry was the only crab boat in Alaska to have what?
(a) A thousand crab pots.
(b) A new shipping line.
(c) A female deckhand.
(d) A new rig.

2. How many species of king crab are there in Alaska?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

3. 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) The loud speaker.
(c) Crab pots.
(d) Radar.

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

5. What boat rammed into the side of the smaller boat Paul Lin, causing a great rip in its hull in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 4?
(a) The Williwaw Wind.
(b) The Epic.
(c) The Royal Quarry.
(d) The Rondys.

6. Where did the Master Carl sink?
(a) Prince George Sound.
(b) Prince William Sound.
(c) Brooks Strait.
(d) Aswana Strait.

7. 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) Mark Neils.
(b) Lars Anderson.
(c) Steve Calhoun.
(d) Jonesy.

8. Where was Mike Doyle when his ship was hit by strong winds in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 6?
(a) In his cabin.
(b) A crab pot.
(c) In the wheelhouse.
(d) Below deck.

9. 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.

10. What did Spike Walker do when he was offered a fill-in job on another boat in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 5?
(a) Turned it down.
(b) Quit his job.
(c) Took the job.
(d) Left Alaska.

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

12. Where did the Williwaw Wind go to pick up a second load of crab pots in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 3?
(a) Homer.
(b) Kodiak Island.
(c) Juneau.
(d) Dutch Harbor.

13. What season ended in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 8?
(a) Soft-shell crab season.
(b) King crab season.
(c) Snow crab season.
(d) Tanner crab season.

14. 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) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Williwaw Wind reached a risky area past, where did the boat ahead of them run aground in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 2?

2. Who was the friend that Spike Walker hoped could help him get a job in Alaska?

3. Which crewman aboard the Royal Quarry was a college football player?

4. What did Spike attempt to maneuver the boat through in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: 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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