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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mowat cook while living on the boat?
(a) With a grill.
(b) With a bonfire.
(c) With an hibachi.
(d) With a gasoline stove.

2. Why did the Happy Adventure become a Basque ship while moored at St. Pierre?
(a) Because Mowat sold the boat to Theo when he was drunk one night.`
(b) Because the chef was confused and thought it was a Basque ship.
(c) Because Mowat had no official Newfoundland papers for the ship.
(d) Because Mowat and Mike liked the colorful flags of the Basque mercantile marine.

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

4. What did the people of Newfoundland refer to as "the game"?
(a) Permitting off-season hunting.
(b) The movement for game fishing.
(c) The war against smuggling.
(d) Keeping drugs out of the country.

5. What did Paulo mount to the bow of his boat?
(a) A brass hammer taken from Paulo's father.
(b) A brass bell taken from Theo's house.
(c) A brass cannon taken from the governor's house.
(d) A brass candelabra taken from the mayor's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the St. Eugene?

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

3. Why was the Happy Adventure illegal in the waters around Montreal?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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