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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Gerald Bourgeois' boat in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) It was sold.
(b) It was pulled to land.
(c) It sank.
(d) It was bombed.

2. Spike Walker describes how one crewman quit fishing after months of what 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) No sleep.
(b) No food.
(c) Poor fishing.
(d) Bad weather.

3. How long had the boom years of crabbing in Alaska been going on 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) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. 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) Oil prices.
(c) Fishing fines.
(d) Crab prices.

5. What boat hired Spike Walker in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?
(a) The Williwaw Wind.
(b) The Epic.
(c) The St. Patrick.
(d) The Rondys.

6. What processing ship did the Rondys unload at in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 9?
(a) The All Alaskan.
(b) The Alaskan White.
(c) The Epic.
(d) The Americana.

7. 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) First.
(b) Last.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Fifth.

8. 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.

9. Where did the Williwaw Wind return in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 12?
(a) Juneau.
(b) Kodiak Island.
(c) The Bering Sea.
(d) Seattle.

10. What season had begun in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 3?
(a) King crab.
(b) Blue crab.
(c) Opelio crab.
(d) Tanner crab.

11. What ship rolled 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) The Epic.
(b) The St. Patrick.
(c) The Marion A.
(d) The Amber Dawn.

12. Spike Walker describes how one man attempted to do what to a fellow crewman before jumping overboard 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) Shoot him.
(b) Stab him.
(c) Kick him.
(d) Choke him.

13. What did the Rondys begin fishing for in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 12?
(a) Tuna.
(b) Tanner crab.
(c) King crab.
(d) Opelio crab.

14. What was the name of the first crab boat bought by Vern Hall's father?
(a) The St. Christopher.
(b) The Epic.
(c) The King-n-Wing.
(d) The All Alaskan.

15. How did Spike Walker feel that the crab season was over in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 12?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Agitated.
(c) Angry.
(d) Depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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?

4. 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?

5. Where did the famous tragedy of John and Olaf take place?

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