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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Jack hid his rum bottles?
(a) Under a pile of clothes in his bunk.
(b) In the lazaret.
(c) In a chest in the corner of the engine room.
(d) Under a pile of rags in the engine room.

2. What did Mowat refer to as the most salient quality of Newfoundlanders?
(a) Optimism.
(b) Pessimism.
(c) Delusion.
(d) Realism.

3. What did Mowat's father buy at an auction when Mowat was a child?
(a) Bees and bee keeping equipment.
(b) A Quick Bake cast iron oven for their kitchen.
(c) Antique furniture for their home.
(d) A tractor and other farm equipment.

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

5. How far did Mowat get the first day of his journey back to Muddy Hole?
(a) 550 miles to the St Lawrence River.
(b) 600 miles to Toronto.
(c) 500 miles to St. John's.
(d) 650 miles to outside Quebec City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the original name for Mowat and Jack's boat?

2. What colors were painted on Enos's house?

3. Why did the Happy Adventure become a Basque ship while moored at St. Pierre?

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

5. Who was the first person to speak to Mowat and Jack at Burin Inlet?

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