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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Last Hunters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were leaders of the trawler industry and chip shop guilds called?
(a) Fish fryer associations.
(b) Chip choppers.
(c) Fish industrial guilds.
(d) The cod parliament.

2. What company did Clarence Birdseye found in Gloucester?
(a) Gorton's Seafood Company.
(b) General Seafoods Company.
(c) Ocean Foods.
(d) Harbor Food Processing.

3. _____ were blamed for cod disappearances in the 19th century.
(a) A volcanic eruption.
(b) Pollution.
(c) Global warming.
(d) Migratory patterns.

4. Which fish in the Gulf of Mexico is a by-catch of shrimp?
(a) Gulf cod.
(b) Pike.
(c) Red snapper.
(d) Walleye.

5. By keeping fish in _____ in Petty Harbour, they can be kept alive until a market could be found for them.
(a) Off shore wells.
(b) Freezers.
(c) Hanging tanks.
(d) Pens.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Great Britain since the nineteenth century, cod has meant ____.

2. Which now-extinct bird would flock overhead and darken the sky in 16th century North America?

3. Which country, which doesn't have a history of international cooperation, is expanding its fishing capacity?

4. According to the author, what is the most notable sport the Basques are known for?

5. Jacques Cartier is credited for "discovering" the mouth of which river?

(see the answer key)

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