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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - A Fish Tale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the long tube of air bladder in a cod that fills and adjusts swimming depth?
(a) The sound.
(b) The floater.
(c) The buoy.
(d) The balloon.

2. What do humpback whales feed on?
(a) Plankton.
(b) Krill.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) Diatoms.

3. Who monopolized the Baltic herring trade and tried the same thing with dried cod in the fifteenth century?
(a) The Huns.
(b) The Hanseatics.
(c) The Vikings.
(d) The Turks.

4. Who was the father of Erik the Red?
(a) Leif Erickson.
(b) Brodir of Man
(c) Thorwald.
(d) Cnut the Great.

5. What do New Englanders call smaller thin-shelled quahogs?
(a) Mud bugs.
(b) Steamers.
(c) Sandies.
(d) Barnacles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the French salt tax called?

2. Who offered the English Puritans either Manhattan or Guiana as a place of refuge?

3. John Cabot claimed what land for England?

4. The eating habits of cod are classified as _____.

5. What does the word "Naumkeag" mean?

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