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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owned the boat the Rondys in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?
(a) Mike Jones.
(b) Steve Calhoun.
(c) Lars Nelson.
(d) Vern Hall.

2. Spike Walker writes in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 1 that he recalled walking into bars and seeing bowls filled with what on the tables?
(a) Money.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Candy.
(d) Crab.

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

4. 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) Angry.
(b) Grateful.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Agitated.

5. What did the crew of the Rondys learn upon anchoring in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 3?
(a) A fire.
(b) A crash.
(c) A famine.
(d) A strike.

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

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) $.99.
(b) $2.00.
(c) $1.99.
(d) $1.01.

8. Thousands of what crashed into the Rondys in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 12?
(a) Crabs.
(b) Whales.
(c) Birds.
(d) Fish.

9. 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. Patrick.
(c) The City of Seattle.
(d) The St. Christopher.

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) 1980.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1979.

11. Where did the famous tragedy of John and Olaf take place?
(a) Norton Bay.
(b) Chukchi Sea.
(c) Shelikof Strait.
(d) Kodiak Island.

12. Who spent his nights looking for crab boats breaking the law in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 5?
(a) Lt. Bob Lockman.
(b) Lt. James Nelson.
(c) Lt. Michael O'Reilly.
(d) Lt. Mark Sliegel.

13. How long had it been since the fiasco with 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 4?
(a) One day.
(b) Three days.
(c) Six days.
(d) One week.

14. Which boat rolled over in the south of Kodiak Island in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 12?
(a) The All Alaskan.
(b) The Marion A.
(c) The Epic.
(d) The St. Patrick.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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