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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was a college classmate of Spike Walker's?
(a) Mike Jones.
(b) Lars Nelson.
(c) Susy Wagner.
(d) Steve Calhoun.

2. Who made the decision to leave Lazy Bay in Part 1, The Greenhorn Season: Tanner Crab Fishing Aboard the Royal Quarry: Chapter 4?
(a) Jonesy.
(b) Spike.
(c) Calhoun.
(d) Susy.

3. What are the names of the heavy, insulated outfits that are designed to protect a person in frigid waters?
(a) Water suits.
(b) Scuba suits.
(c) Survival suits.
(d) Ice suits.

4. What are the greater United States referred to often by Alaskans?
(a) Down under.
(b) The lower 48.
(c) Nonalaska.
(d) The rest of the country.

5. One skipper was arrested in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 5 while trying to run his boat back to his home port where?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Portland.
(c) Juneau.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was rescued by the crab boat Jeanoah in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 12?

2. What is the name of the large land mass off the coast of Alaska at the southern edge of the Bering Sea with the eastern coast having the port of St. Paul Harbor?

3. 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?

4. What boat hired Spike Walker in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?

5. The skipper of the Williwaw Wind reasoned that the canneries where were overloaded with crab in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 6?

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