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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 salmon fleet.
(b) The crab fleet.
(c) The oyster fleet.
(d) The tuna fleet.

2. Where had the Rondys anchored in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 3?
(a) Juneau.
(b) Dutch Harbor.
(c) Kodiak Island.
(d) Prince Charles Island.

3. What job did Spike Walker spend his summer doing in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?
(a) Working in the oil fields.
(b) Painting and repairing the ship.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Working for a timber company.

4. 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.
(a) Last.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Fifth.
(d) First.

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?
(a) An anchor.
(b) A fire hose.
(c) A patch.
(d) A stronger pump.

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

7. 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.

8. What went out on the Williwaw Wind in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) The crab lines.
(b) The lights.
(c) The radar.
(d) The power.

9. Who on the Rondys was a high school football player who, as the father of a new baby boy, flew to Alaska to find a job to provide for his family?
(a) Dave Capri.
(b) Lars Nelson.
(c) Steve Calhoun.
(d) Terry Sampson.

10. In what year did Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 1 take place?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1990.

11. Who was the skipper of the Elusive?
(a) Spike Walker.
(b) Mike Jones.
(c) Tom MacDonald.
(d) Lars Nelson.

12. Who aboard the Rondys was described as a quiet man who worked at a pace that many men would never be able to keep?
(a) Dave Capri.
(b) Lars Nelson.
(c) Steve Calhoun.
(d) Terry Sampson.

13. 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 Rondys.
(b) The Williwaw Wind.
(c) The Epic.
(d) The Coast Guard.

14. In Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Summary 2, how many pounds of crab does Spike Walker write the Rondys unloaded that year?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 800,000.
(d) 100,000.

15. Where did Spike Walker spend his summer in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?
(a) Juneau, Alaska.
(b) Denver, Colorado.
(c) Norfolk, Oregon.
(d) Seattle, Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the fishing in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 5?

2. In Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 7, Spike Walker writes that he enjoyed whose lack of micromanagement on the Rondys?

3. 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?

4. Where was Gerald Bourgeois found in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?

5. Who owned part of the All Alaskan?

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