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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) Lars.
(b) Jonesy.
(c) Sieg.
(d) Calhoun.

2. 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 salmon fleet.
(c) The crab fleet.
(d) The tuna fleet.

3. Who ignored requests to come to the wheelhouse in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) Mike.
(b) Lars.
(c) Spike.
(d) Jonesy.

4. What happened to the City of Seattle 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) It was towed to shore.
(b) It sank.
(c) It was painted.
(d) It was sold.

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

6. 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?
(a) Logging.
(b) Manufacturing.
(c) Canning.
(d) Oil.

7. 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?
(a) A letter.
(b) An albatross.
(c) A coin toss.
(d) A four-leaf-clover.

8. 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 St. Patrick.
(b) The Epic.
(c) The Williwaw Wind.
(d) The Rondys.

9. 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) Choke him.
(b) Stab him.
(c) Kick him.
(d) Shoot him.

10. 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) Pay fees to enter.
(b) Pay fees to unload.
(c) Launch a second ship.
(d) Wait its turn to unload.

11. 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) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

12. When did the Rondys depart at sea in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?
(a) Mid-September.
(b) Mid-August.
(c) Mid-July.
(d) Mid-June.

13. Who took glee in Spike's suffering from sea sickness in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 7?
(a) Sven.
(b) Sampson.
(c) Capri.
(d) Lars.

14. 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?
(a) Average.
(b) Poor.
(c) Overwhelming.
(d) Successful.

15. 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) Crab prices.
(b) Fishing fines.
(c) Wages.
(d) Oil prices.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Spike Walker writes in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Summary 1 that what year saw an epic increase of crab boats?

3. Where were the nights centered around in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 4?

4. Who was the skipper of the Elusive?

5. 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?

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