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Spike Walker
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Spike Walker
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was suspected of cutting the wire in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 8?
(a) Spike Walker.
(b) Lars.
(c) Susy.
(d) Calhoun.

2. The gigantic king crabs could have a leg span of over how many feet, as described by Walker in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 2?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

3. When did king crab season end?
(a) January.
(b) February.
(c) December.
(d) November.

4. What was the name of the skipper of the Williwaw Wind?
(a) Nels.
(b) Lars.
(c) Calhoun.
(d) Jonesy.

5. Where did Susy begin working when she arrived in Alaska?
(a) The local bar.
(b) The post office.
(c) The crab boats.
(d) The canneries.

Short Answer Questions

1. The skipper of the Jeffrey Allen found his crew trapped behind a what?

2. Who was a college classmate of Spike Walker's?

3. Whom did Spike Walker find it hard not to like in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 4?

4. Where did Spike Walker take turns working in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 6 so that Jonesy could sleep?

5. Where was the Williwaw Wind headed in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Rusty Slayton find his crew aboard the Jeffrey Allen? What did he do?

2. Where did the Master Carl encounter problems? How did the crew escape?

3. Describe the tone of the book in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry. What was Spike's outlook like?

4. Where did the Williwaw Wind head in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 2? What dangers did it encounter?

5. Describe the difference between Spike's experience during tanner crab season and king crab season in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind.

6. How many crab died while the Williwaw Wind waited in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 4? What reaction did the skipper have?

7. Why had Susy Wagner come to Alaska? Where had she begun working?

8. What did the crew of the Williwaw Wind discover in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 5? What was their reaction?

9. What danger did Spike Walker encounter at the wheel in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 7?

10. What did Mogoteaux and Channel learn of their crew upon their rescue?

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