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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mowat encounter while he was under water repairing the propeller?
(a) A daulphin.
(b) A puffin.
(c) A seal.
(d) A shark.

2. What did the three men Mowat left in charge of the Itchy do rather than tend to the boat?
(a) They left town and sold Itchy to a stranger.
(b) They sailed Itchy to Muddy Hole.
(c) They paid two young boys to watch over the boat.
(d) They argued over who would be in command of the boat's watch.

3. Where did the Happy Adventure finally stop in Trepassey Harbor?
(a) Next to the fish plant.
(b) Just outside of the main dock.
(c) At the local bar.
(d) On the steep rocks.

4. What did Mowat say was "by guess and by God?"
(a) The weather on their first sail.
(b) The boat's wooden structure.
(c) The boat's compassless navigation.
(d) The boat's leaking bow.

5. What was unusual about the bunks Enos built in the boat?
(a) They were slanted and soft.
(b) They were comfortable.
(c) They were slanted and splintery.
(d) They were hard and short.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Enos lose when he went into the woods to hunt caribou?

2. How does a helmsman push the tiller to steer the boat?

3. What were Mowat and Mike forced to do when confronted with the BC.M.P.?

4. How did Mowat unload the passengers he had taken for a test run of the Itchy?

5. What was alky and how was it distributed?

(see the answer key)

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