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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the Moulton boys catch while fishing in the pond beyond the harbor?
(a) Mackerel.
(b) Well-fed cod.
(c) Speckled trout.
(d) Conch.

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

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

5. What news did Jack hear when he went below to listen to the weather report?
(a) The weather was perfect for sailing on.
(b) A typhoon was headed to Newfoundland.
(c) A tropical storm warning had been issued.
(d) Winds were to die down to two knots.

6. What is a dory?
(a) The anchor.
(b) The rubber raft on board for emergencies.
(c) The cook stove.
(d) The small boat on the schooner.

7. Where did all the men go to celebrate the successful launching of the Happy Adventure?
(a) To Theo's house.
(b) To the Diamant's deck.
(c) To the Cafe L'Escal.
(d) To St. Pierre.

8. What happen to the Happy Adventure's supply of fresh water?
(a) A loose hose came free and dumped the water into the bilges.
(b) It leaked out into the ocean.
(c) Mike accidenally poured it overboard.
(d) Mike had forgotten to put the water on the boat.

9. What did Mowat step on in the middle of the night aboard the Happy Adventure?
(a) A swarm of beetles.
(b) Blanche sleeping.
(c) A box of live crabs.
(d) Theo sleeping.

10. At the rate of their travel, how long did Mowat figure it would take the men to reach the Caribbean?
(a) Seven weeks.
(b) Four months.
(c) Thirteen weeks.
(d) Sixteen months.

11. What happened when Mowat and Mike returned to the Happy Adventure after their celebration?
(a) They were robbed on the wharf.
(b) They forgot where they had left the boat.
(c) They could not find the boat.
(d) They fell into the water.

12. Who did Mowat say Theo resembled?
(a) Churchill and Roosevelt.
(b) Churchill and Rommell.
(c) Truman and Roosevelt.
(d) Roosevelt and Rommell.

13. What promise did John Smallwood make to his people when he took office?
(a) "You will never have to work again."
(b) "You will never have to worry again."
(c) "You will never have to fish again."
(d) "You will all get new fishing vessels."

14. For what port did Mowat and Mike take sail for their first travels together on the Happy Adventure?
(a) St. Pierre, 50 miles away.
(b) Muddy Hole, 90 miles away.
(c) Spoon Cove, 30 miles away.
(d) St. John's, 100 miles away.

15. Why was the cargo brought onto Itchy stored on the deck rather than below?
(a) So it could easily be jettisoned if necessary.
(b) So it would not get wet below.
(c) So it would not keel over and break.
(d) So it was readily available to the crew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the three men Mowat left in charge of the Itchy do rather than tend to the boat?

2. What did Mike and Mowat learn was really the cargo aboard their boat?

3. Who did Mike and Mowat encounter in the fog while drifting in the Atlantic?

4. In what vehicle did Mike Donovan arrive in Spoon Cove?

5. Where did Mowat and Claire decide to sail after they left the French waters outside of St. Pierre?

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