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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mowat say was missing from the peaceful harbor scene in Muddy Hole?
(a) One of the piers.
(b) The neighborhood bar.
(c) His repaired ship.
(d) Enos's boathouse.

2. What had the Windsor family operated for generations?
(a) A fish cannery.
(b) A motel and inn.
(c) A whaling factory.
(d) A bar and restaurant.

3. What colors were painted on Enos's house?
(a) Orange, blue, and yellow.
(b) Blue, white, and green.
(c) Puce, yellow, and red.
(d) Yellow, green, and white.

4. What are fish flakes?
(a) Fish that has been cured.
(b) Scales from fish that fall to the ground.
(c) Racks for drying fish.
(d) Fish food.

5. What came special delivery to Mowat and Jack as they worked on their broken boat engine?
(a) Parts for the repair and bottles of rum.
(b) A manual on repairs and spare parts.
(c) Parts for the repair and a map of the seas.
(d) A new engine and directions.

6. What are a ship's trials?
(a) The problems that arrise during the sail.
(b) The anchor.
(c) The first tentative voyage.
(d) The moorings.

7. What did Jack drive his car into upon arriving at Muddy Hole?
(a) A lake.
(b) A horse barn.
(c) A house.
(d) A sheep shed.

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

9. How long did the boat maker think it would take to repair Mowat's boat?
(a) Three months.
(b) Five months.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Two months.

10. What is screech?
(a) A rum based drink found only in Newfoundland.
(b) The kind of bird native to Newfoundland.
(c) A locally made breakfast food.
(d) The name of the boat Horwood found for Mowat.

11. What was the original name given to Ferryland?
(a) Feriland.
(b) Fairyland.
(c) Farillon.
(d) Fervilan.

12. What were the three rules of rum in Newfoundland?
(a) Chill the rum for 12 hours, do not recork after opening, show three bottles at a time.
(b) Open the bottle as soon as it is put out, do not recork, put out one bottle at a time.
(c) Put out all of the rum, let one person open each bottle, recork when finished.
(d) Open only aged rum and recork after each round, never put out two whole bottles.

13. What did Jack do for most of the Happy Adventure's first voyage?
(a) Poured rum for the two men.
(b) Pumped water out of the leaking boat.
(c) Worked the sails.
(d) Tried to start the stubborn engine.

14. Where did Wilbur ask Mowat to drop him off in St. John's?
(a) St. John's Mental Hospital.
(b) A small bar in St. John's.
(c) The main wharf in St. John's.
(d) His house in St. John's.

15. What kind of car did Jack rent in St John's to drive to Muddy Hole?
(a) A red Continental.
(b) A red jeep.
(c) A red Hummer.
(d) A red covertible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jack McClelland?

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

3. Where did the Happy Adventure finally stop in Trepassey Harbor?

4. How long did the men work on the Happy Adventure in Trepassey?

5. What did Mowat say was "by guess and by God?"

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