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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Jennie Barnes?
(a) The ship that joined the Happy Adventure in the government wharf.
(b) The new captain of the Happy Adventure.
(c) The woman who helped the Happy Adventure out to sea.
(d) The ship that Mowat and Jack exchanged their ship for.

2. Who did Mowat credit as being a master improviser?
(a) Himself.
(b) Enos Coffin.
(c) Howard Morry.
(d) Jack McClelland.

3. What did Enos lose when he went into the woods to hunt caribou?
(a) He got lost.
(b) He slept at home.
(c) He lost his glasses.
(d) He shot his foot.

4. Who was the Man Who Gets Things Done?
(a) Paddy Hallohan.
(b) Jack McClelland.
(c) Mark Horwood.
(d) Farley Mowat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Happy Adventure leave harbor on her first voyage?

2. How long did the boat maker think it would take to repair Mowat's boat?

3. When was the engine aboard Mowat's boat built?

4. What ship did Jack and Mowat name their boat after?

5. What did Mowat get on the shopping day in St. John's?

(see the answer key)

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