Working on the Edge: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Spike Walker
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Working on the Edge: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Spike Walker
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 164 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Spike Walker first arrive in Alaska?

2. 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?

3. What relative of the skipper died aboard the Jeffrey Allen?

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. What season ended in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Where was the Royal Quarry headed in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 5? What did Jonesy say to Spike in this chapter?

4. How many crab pots were aboard the Williwaw Wind in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 3? Where did it go to get more?

5. 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?

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

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

8. What crewman is described aboard the vessel Epic in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 6?

9. Where was Spike Walker in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 1? What was he doing?

10. What did the surviving crew of the Epic attempt to do to save the overboard crew members in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What took place aboard the vessel the Epic in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry? Who was Mike Doyle and how did he escape?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the characteristics which make Susy Wagner notable in the narrative. How and why did she come to Alaska? Where did she begin working?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the process of setting out crab pots on a commercial fishing vessel. In Spike Walker's first jobs, what was his position? How did he learn?

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