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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. Where was Mike Doyle when his ship was hit by strong winds in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 6?
(a) Below deck.
(b) In the wheelhouse.
(c) A crab pot.
(d) In his cabin.

2. The skipper of the Jeffrey Allen found his crew trapped behind a what?
(a) Rusty crane.
(b) Broken pipe.
(c) Portal.
(d) Crab pot.

3. The crewmen on the Williwaw Wind were named Fritz and what?
(a) Sig.
(b) Bobby.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Lars.

4. In Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 3, the Royal Quarry took refuge from a storm in the narrow entrance to what?
(a) Akutan Bay.
(b) Kinak Bay.
(c) Toksook Bay.
(d) Lazy Bay.

5. What shortcut did the Williwaw Wind take in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 2?
(a) St. George Pass.
(b) Bering Strait.
(c) Shelikof Strait.
(d) Kinamaw Channel.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did king crab season end?

2. What affliction did Spike Walker suffer in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 3?

3. What was the name of the bar Spike Walker went to in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 5?

4. When did king crab season begin?

5. When the Williwaw Wind reached a risky area past, where did the boat ahead of them run aground in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Spike find his next job in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 1? Who was aboard the boat?

2. What does Spike Walker experience in the first days aboard the Royal Quarry in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 3?

3. What did the Williwaw Wind encounter at St. Paul Harbor in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 5?

4. What did the skipper do while the crew worked on the Williwaw Wind? What impact did this have?

5. What does Spike Walker warn the reader of in the introductory chapters of the book? Why?

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. What job did Spike Walker take on aboard the Williwaw Wind in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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