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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. What fishing vessel found Gerald Bourgeois in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) The Marion A.
(b) The Epic.
(c) The Williwaw Wind.
(d) The Moonsong.

2. 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) Dave Capri.
(c) Terry Sampson.
(d) Steve Calhoun.

3. What processing ship did the Rondys unload at in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 9?
(a) The Alaskan White.
(b) The Epic.
(c) The All Alaskan.
(d) The Americana.

4. What is another name for Opelio Crab?
(a) Blue crab.
(b) King crab.
(c) Tanner crab.
(d) Snow crab.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. What season ended in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 11?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What began to take its toll on Spike Walker in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 8?

4. 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?

5. Describe the crew members of the Rondys. Why had these men come to the Alaskan fleet?

6. What happened with the John and Olaf?

7. What about Vern Hall's history did Spike credit as an asset as a boss?

8. What happened aboard the Key West in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 11?

9. How did the stories of seamen add to Spike's stresses in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 10?

10. What boat rolled over in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 12? What was the outcome of the disaster?

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