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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the nights centered around in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 4?
(a) Canneries.
(b) Bars.
(c) The wheelhouses.
(d) The ships.

2. Who was in the wheelhouse of the Williwaw Wind when distress hit in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) Susy.
(b) Nels.
(c) Spike Walker.
(d) Lars.

3. Spike Walker ran into a man he had worked with in what industry in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 4?
(a) Logging.
(b) Oil.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Canning.

4. To where did the Rondys begin heading in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?
(a) Portland.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Dutch Harbor.
(d) Juneau.

5. In Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Summary 2, how many pounds of crab does Spike Walker write the Rondys unloaded that year?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 800,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 500,000.

6. Over what were the fishermen negotiating in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 3?
(a) Wages.
(b) Oil prices.
(c) Fishing fines.
(d) Crab prices.

7. Spike Walker describes how one crewman quit fishing after months of what in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 2?
(a) Poor fishing.
(b) No food.
(c) No sleep.
(d) Bad weather.

8. Where had the Rondys anchored in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 3?
(a) Kodiak Island.
(b) Juneau.
(c) Dutch Harbor.
(d) Prince Charles Island.

9. What often proved too difficult to make the easy money of crabbing worth it, according to Spike Walker in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 2?
(a) Restlessness.
(b) The hours.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Skippers.

10. What crab boat rescued the crew of the Key West?
(a) The Epic.
(b) The Williwaw Wind.
(c) The Royal Quarry.
(d) The American Eagle.

11. What season ended in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 11?
(a) Tanner crab season.
(b) King crab season.
(c) Tuna season.
(d) Opelio crab season.

12. How long had the boom years of crabbing in Alaska been going on in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 2?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

13. Who owned part of the All Alaskan?
(a) Calhoun.
(b) Spike Walker.
(c) Lars.
(d) Vern Hall.

14. 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?
(a) The All Alaskan.
(b) The Marion A.
(c) The Epic.
(d) The St. Patrick.

15. In Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 10, Spike heard a story of a fisherman who was saved by the luck of what?
(a) A letter.
(b) An albatross.
(c) A four-leaf-clover.
(d) A coin toss.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Spike Walker feel that the crab season was over in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 12?

2. Who on the Rondys was a high school football player who, as the father of a new baby boy, flew to Alaska to find a job to provide for his family?

3. When did the Rondys depart at sea in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?

4. Despite ties to ownership, the Rondys still had to do what in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 9?

5. What are the greater United States referred to often by Alaskans?

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