View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mike and Mowat find as they were out in open waters heading to Lemaline Head?
(a) An immense shark.
(b) Three sharks circling the boat.
(c) A school of dolphins.
(d) Another schooner just like Mowat's.

2. What did Mowat secretly hope would happen after their first day's sail?
(a) They would sell the Happy Adventure and buy a better boat.
(b) Mowat would be too sick to sail the next day.
(c) They would give up and settle in the harbor town.
(d) Claire would ask to return home.

3. What was the Black Joke?
(a) An infamous steamliner running between Lisbon and Dover.
(b) An infamous slave ship running between Virginia and West Africa.
(c) An infamous pirate ship in the West Indies.
(d) An infamous trading ship running between China and London.

4. Where did Claire and Mowat buy a home?
(a) In Seattle.
(b) In Deseranto.
(c) In Port Hope.
(d) In Montreal.

5. What was the last name of many of the young boys who wanted to help Mowat with the Happy Adventure?
(a) Martin.
(b) Moulton.
(c) Mousse.
(d) Marlon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a radar detector Mowat needed for his boat?

2. When Mowat arrived in St Pierre, who did he find waiting for him.

3. Where did Wilbur ask Mowat to drop him off in St. John's?

4. What did Mowat say was "by guess and by God?"

5. What did it mean to "slap a blanket on the schooner?"

(see the answer key)

This section contains 326 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample