Get a piece of paper and a pencil and get ready to test your knowledge. Write down if you think the answer will be a, b, or c, and you can score yourself at the end.

1.  What color are salmon?

     a) Green
 
     b) Silver

     c) Neither




2.  How much does an adult King Salmon weigh?

     a) 10-35 pounds (6-21 kilograms)

     b) 36-56 pounds (21- 36 kilograms)

     c) 57-85 puonds (36-45 kilograms)



3.  What is the largest salmon when full grown?

     a)  Silver

     b)  Chum

     c)  King



4.  What salmon is also known as the humpback?

     a)  Sockeye

     b)  Pink

     c)  Silver



5.  Does a salmon always go to the same place they were 
     born to lay their eggs?

     a) yes

     b) no

     c) pretty close to the same place



6.  What two salmon spawn in the summer?

     a) Chum and King

     b) Silver and Chum

     c) Sockeye and Pink



7.  What salmon lives two years?

     a)  Pink

     b)  Silver

     c)  Chum



8.  What salmon would have dark red flesh if 
     you saw it at the grocery store?

     a)  King

     b)  Sockeye

     c)  Neither





 Answer:
1) c    2) a    3) c    4) b    5) a    6) c    7) a    8) b

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