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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Summary 1 and Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1980.

2. How many other crab ships took refuge alongside the Royal Quarry in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 3?
(a) 10.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

3. How long before the king crab season began did the skipper find himself lacking a crewman in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 1?
(a) Two days.
(b) One day.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three months.

4. What happened to Mike Doyle in the end of his fiasco in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 6?
(a) He was pulled aboard.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He was saved by the Coast Guard.
(d) He swam ashore.

5. Someone had cut the wire connecting what on the Williwaw Wind in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 8?
(a) Radio signal.
(b) Crab pots.
(c) Radar.
(d) The loud speaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owned the Royal Quarry?

2. Where did Spike Walker fly to join the crew in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 1?

3. What drug was a problem among the seamen during times of plenty?

4. The boat nearby was not showing up where in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 7?

5. 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?

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