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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 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 ships.
(c) The wheelhouses.
(d) Canneries.

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) Candy.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Crab.

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

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?
(a) Lars.
(b) Nels.
(c) Spike Walker.
(d) Susy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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. Where did the Williwaw Wind return in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 12?

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

5. Despite ties to ownership, the Rondys still had to do what in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Spike write of the difficulties which dissuaded men from staying at sea in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 2?

2. What does Spike Walker describe in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Summary 1?

3. What changes does Spike describe in the fleet in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 2?

4. What struck the Williwaw Wind crew in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 10? How did the men react?

5. What connection did Vern Hall have to the All Alaskan as described in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 9? What difference did that make?

6. Where was Spike working when he faced disaster in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?

7. What news did the crew of the Rondys discover in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 3?

8. How does Spike describe the down time of the men in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 4?

9. Where did Spike Walker begin working in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1? Where was his summer spent?

10. In what year is Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 1 set? What does Spike write about this season?

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