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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did Mowat pay for the boat he bought outside of Muddy Hole?
(a) Less than two hundred dollars.
(b) A thousand dollars.
(c) Less than a thousand dollars.
(d) Less than five hundred dollars.

2. Why was Jack unable to get a clerk to wait on him in the stores in St. John's?
(a) Because it was socially demeaning for a clerk to wait on a customer.
(b) Because all of the stores were self-service.
(c) Because it was socially improper to wait on a foreigner.
(d) Because Jack was overdressed for the town.

3. How old was Howard Morry?
(a) In his thirties.
(b) In his sixties.
(c) In his eighties.
(d) In his fifties.

4. What was the major crop on the Southern Shore of Newfoundland?
(a) Onions.
(b) Beets.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Potatoes.

5. What kind of fish did Morry and Mowat fish for early one morning?
(a) Salmon.
(b) Sole.
(c) Cod.
(d) Trout.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Old Man of the Sea?

2. What kind of plant pumped its waste into the water at the slip in which Mowat's boat rested?

3. Where did Mowat attend an auction as an adult?

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

5. What did Jack and Mowat decide to do with the bottles of open rum?

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