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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Gerald Bourgeois' boat in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) It was pulled to land.
(b) It sank.
(c) It was bombed.
(d) It was sold.

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

3. What boat hired Spike Walker in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?
(a) The St. Patrick.
(b) The Epic.
(c) The Williwaw Wind.
(d) The Rondys.

4. The skipper of the Elusive started crabbing when he realized he could make how many times his earnings as a grocery store manager?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

5. How long had it been since the fiasco with the City of Seattle in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 4?
(a) Six days.
(b) One day.
(c) Three days.
(d) One week.

6. Spike Walker describes how one man attempted to do what to a fellow crewman before jumping overboard 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) Stab him.
(b) Kick him.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Choke him.

7. 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) Canning.
(b) Manufacturing.
(c) Logging.
(d) Oil.

8. Where had the Marion A hit a reef in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) St. George Bay.
(b) Geese Channel.
(c) Puale Strait.
(d) Ross Channel.

9. 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?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Agitated.

10. Who dropped into the ocean and managed to make his way to the life raft where other crew members waited in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 11?
(a) Pete Knudsen.
(b) Ralph Anderson.
(c) Steve Calhoun.
(d) Mike Jones.

11. Who aboard the Rondys was described as a quiet man who worked at a pace that many men would never be able to keep?
(a) Lars Nelson.
(b) Steve Calhoun.
(c) Terry Sampson.
(d) Dave Capri.

12. Who ignored requests to come to the wheelhouse in Part 2, The Bering Sea Season: King Crab Fishing Aboard the Williwaw Wind: Chapter 9?
(a) Spike.
(b) Mike.
(c) Lars.
(d) Jonesy.

13. Who owned the boat the Rondys in Part 3, Working on the Edge: Fishing the Aleutian Islands and Points North Aboard the Rondys: Chapter 1?
(a) Lars Nelson.
(b) Vern Hall.
(c) Mike Jones.
(d) Steve Calhoun.

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

15. What is another name for Opelio Crab?
(a) Snow crab.
(b) Tanner crab.
(c) King crab.
(d) Blue crab.

Short Answer Questions

1. What boat sent out a distress call to the Elusive in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 3?

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?

3. Who was the skipper of the Elusive?

4. What season had begun in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 3?

5. What ship rolled in Part 4, The Deadliest Season: Fishing the Gulf of Alaska Aboard the Elusive and Watching as Tragedy Strikes the Alaskan Fleet: Chapter 4?

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