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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Jack McClelland decide not to join Mowat for another season of sailing?
(a) He was no longer interested in sailing.
(b) He had taken ill over the winter.
(c) He was moving to Seattle.
(d) His family and friends forbade it.

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

3. Why did Mowat and Jack decide they had to reach Little Burin Island?
(a) The boat was leaking, and the storm was coming.
(b) They were both hungry and tired of sailing for the day.
(c) It had started to rain heavily, and the boat took in water.
(d) The fog had lifted, and they could find their way.

4. What was the St. Eugene?
(a) The ship that wrecked into the Oregon.
(b) The ship that picked up the ailing Oregon.
(c) The the ocean liner on its way to port.
(d) The rescue boat Mie sent out for the group.

5. How did Mowat unload the passengers he had taken for a test run of the Itchy?
(a) He put them on a dory outside of Colombier.
(b) He dropped them off on the other side of the island.
(c) He sailed to Nova Scotia and left them there.
(d) He dropped them off in Colombier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Enos lose when he went into the woods to hunt caribou?

2. What happened to Morry's transcription of his memories of Ferryland?

3. What did Enos always do at times of stress?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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