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1.  Living Classroom's boats Sigsbee and Minnie V. are traditional Chesapeake Bay boats that were designed to dredge for oysters. These ships are called

A.  Schooners
B.  Bugeyes
C.  Skipjacks
D.  Buyboats

2.  Design features that make skipjacks well-suited for dredging are

A.  Small sails and a flat bottom
B.  Large sails and a V-shaped bottom
C.  Multiple sails and a round bottom
D.  Large engines and a square bottom

3.  In 1884, there were over 1,000 skipjacks sailing the Chesapeake. Approximately how many skipjacks remain today?

    A.  500
    B.  250
    C.  30
    D.  12

4. For almost 100 years, Maryland skipjacks were only allowed to use sail power when they dredged, even though they had engines. Why?

    A.  To avoid polluting the oyster beds
    B.  To save in fuel costs
    C.  To keep from over-harvesting the oyster beds
    D.  So they wouldn't wake the oysters up with the noise

5.  The word 'Skipjack' comes from

A.  The name of a leaping fish
B.  The term for a lot of oysters
C.  The name of a famous Chesapeake captain
D.  The place where dredging boats were first built


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