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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Spike Walker get into an escalating argument in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) Sieg.
(b) Lars.
(c) Jonesy.
(d) Calhoun.

2. How did the crew aboard the Rondys feel about having to wait in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 9?
(a) Impatient.
(b) Agitated.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Disdainful.

3. According to Spike Walker, how much money did the crew net for the year in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Summary 2?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $40,000.
(d) $60,000.

4. What are the greater United States referred to often by Alaskans?
(a) The lower 48.
(b) Down under.
(c) Nonalaska.
(d) The rest of the country.

5. What had increased immeasurably according to Spike Walker in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 2?
(a) The oyster fleet.
(b) The tuna fleet.
(c) The salmon fleet.
(d) The crab fleet.

6. What fishing vessel found Gerald Bourgeois in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) The Epic.
(b) The Williwaw Wind.
(c) The Marion A.
(d) The Moonsong.

7. The skipper of the Elusive started crabbing when he realized he could make how many times his earnings as a grocery store manager?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

8. What was the final price per pound that ended the strike in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 6?
(a) $2.00.
(b) $.99.
(c) $1.99.
(d) $1.01.

9. Spike began to suffer from lack of what in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 8?
(a) Hygiene.
(b) Drink.
(c) Food.
(d) Sleep.

10. What crab boat rescued the crew of the Key West?
(a) The American Eagle.
(b) The Epic.
(c) The Royal Quarry.
(d) The Williwaw Wind.

11. Over what were the fishermen negotiating in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 3?
(a) Wages.
(b) Crab prices.
(c) Fishing fines.
(d) Oil prices.

12. What is another name for Opelio Crab?
(a) Tanner crab.
(b) Snow crab.
(c) King crab.
(d) Blue crab.

13. Where did the famous tragedy of John and Olaf take place?
(a) Kodiak Island.
(b) Shelikof Strait.
(c) Norton Bay.
(d) Chukchi Sea.

14. What often proved too difficult to make the easy money of crabbing worth it, according to Spike Walker in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 2?
(a) Weakness.
(b) Restlessness.
(c) The hours.
(d) Skippers.

15. Despite ties to ownership, the Rondys still had to do what in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 9?
(a) Launch a second ship.
(b) Pay fees to unload.
(c) Pay fees to enter.
(d) Wait its turn to unload.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 10, Spike heard a story of a fisherman who was saved by the luck of what?

2. Who owned the boat the Rondys in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?

3. What boat had several crab pots become loose on deck from the storm in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 11?

4. 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?

5. What was needed to rescue the ship in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 4?

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