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Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom were the fishermen negotiating in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 3?
(a) The grocery stores.
(b) The restaurants.
(c) The oil companies.
(d) The canneries.

2. Why didn't the Marion A send a distress signal in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) The lines were cut.
(b) The captain was dead.
(c) There wasn't time.
(d) The radar was out.

3. 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) Canning.
(c) Logging.
(d) Manufacturing.

4. How much time had the crew of the Rondys lost from the strike in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 7?
(a) Two days.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) A week.
(d) Two weeks.

5. 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) Jonesy.
(b) Mike.
(c) Spike.
(d) Lars.

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

7. Who dropped into the ocean and managed to make his way to the life raft where other crew members waited in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 11?
(a) Ralph Anderson.
(b) Pete Knudsen.
(c) Mike Jones.
(d) Steve Calhoun.

8. Where was Gerald Bourgeois found in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) An island.
(b) Dead at sea.
(c) On a raft.
(d) On his ship.

9. Who owned part of the All Alaskan?
(a) Lars.
(b) Calhoun.
(c) Spike Walker.
(d) Vern Hall.

10. 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?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1979.

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

12. Where did Spike take a brief vacation in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 11?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Washington.
(c) California.
(d) Oregon.

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

14. What boat sent out a distress call to the Elusive 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) The Epic.
(b) The St. Christopher.
(c) The City of Seattle.
(d) The St. Patrick.

15. What was the name of Gerald Bourgeois' boat?
(a) The Epic.
(b) The St. Patrick.
(c) The Marion A.
(d) The Williwaw Wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What are the greater United States referred to often by Alaskans?

4. 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?

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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