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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was considered bad luck at the start of a voyage?
(a) Still waters.
(b) Cloudy weather.
(c) Jumping fish.
(d) Farewells.

2. How long was the passage across Newfoundland?
(a) Five hundred and fifty miles.
(b) Two thousand miles.
(c) Three thousand miles.
(d) Nine hundred and fifty miles.

3. What were the sails on Mowat's ship made of?
(a) 8 gauge canvas.
(b) Nylon and plastic cable.
(c) Nylon and rope.
(d) 14 gauge canvas.

4. Who presided over the formal baptism of the newly repaired and painted Happy Adventure?
(a) A Dominican Father.
(b) A town judge.
(c) A local minister.
(d) A Catholic Bishop.

5. What did Jack do at Burin Cove?
(a) Decided to buy a new engine.
(b) Decided to abandon the adventure.
(c) Decided to sell the ship and go home to Toronto.
(d) Decided to go back to Toronto temporarily.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Jack McClelland not arrive in St. John's by plane as he had planned?

2. What was the Black Joke?

3. What broke on the Happy Adventure as she continued to sail out into the ocean?

4. What did the Moulton boys catch while fishing in the pond beyond the harbor?

5. Where did Jack hid his rum bottles?

(see the answer key)

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