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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Terry Sampson.
(b) Steve Calhoun.
(c) Dave Capri.
(d) Lars Nelson.

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

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

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

5. 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) Poor fishing.
(b) No sleep.
(c) Bad weather.
(d) No food.

6. 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) Capri.
(c) Sampson.
(d) Lars.

7. 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?
(a) Bars.
(b) The wheelhouses.
(c) The ships.
(d) Canneries.

8. Who was rescued by the crab boat Jeanoah in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 12?
(a) Lars Nelson.
(b) Spike Walker.
(c) Richard Majdic.
(d) Pete Knudsen.

9. 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) Skippers.
(b) The hours.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Restlessness.

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

11. Who was in the wheelhouse of the Williwaw Wind when distress hit in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) Spike Walker.
(b) Lars.
(c) Nels.
(d) Susy.

12. One skipper was arrested in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 5 while trying to run his boat back to his home port where?
(a) Juneau.
(b) Seattle.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Portland.

13. 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) 1979.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1990.

14. 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) Oil.
(b) Manufacturing.
(c) Logging.
(d) Canning.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had the Rondys anchored in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 3?

2. What season ended in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 11?

3. The skipper of the Elusive started crabbing when he realized he could make how many times his earnings as a grocery store manager?

4. What was the name of Gerald Bourgeois' boat?

5. 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?

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