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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ship did Jack and Mowat name their boat after?
(a) The Queen Mary.
(b) The Halloran brother's ship.
(c) A toy ship Jack once had as a child.
(d) Peter Easton's ship.

2. Who did Wilbur say he was when Mowat first met him?
(a) An old seaman.
(b) A short order cook.
(c) A car repairman.
(d) The local drunk.

3. Who was Peter Easton?
(a) A captain in the Royal Navy who fought the Britisih in the War of 1812.
(b) A captiain in the Royal Navy who became one of the most famous pirates of all time.
(c) A captain in the Royal Navy who led the fleet into battle in the Pacific.
(d) A captain in the Royal Navy who rose to the rank of General in WWII.

4. How long was the passage across Newfoundland?
(a) Five hundred and fifty miles.
(b) Two thousand miles.
(c) Nine hundred and fifty miles.
(d) Three thousand miles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mowat cook while living on the boat?

2. What was considered one of the toughest woods in the world?

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

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

5. What was the Southern Shore bummer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Enos? What agreement had he made with Mowat before the two men parted and Mowat returned to Toronto to get the Passion Flower?

2. What happened to the Happy Adventure on its first voyage? What was unusual about the boat's departure form the harbor?

3. How much money did Mowat have to spend on a boat? What did he finally find in his price range, and where did he and Harold go to purchase the boat?

4. What did Mowat and McClelland name their boat? Why did they choose this name?

5. What was the ritual Mowat performed called the Old Man in the Sea? Where did he learn this?

6. Why did Mowat travel to St Johns? Who was Harold Hardwood?

7. Who was Wilbur, and how did Mowat meet him? What did he learn about Wilbur when the two finally arrived in St. John's?

8. How did Mowat finally purchase the boat? Who sold him the boat and under what circumstances?

9. How did Mowat know Jack McClelland? What did the two men decide to do after meeting at a bar one night?

10. What was the Passion Flower? How did it get its name? Why was it important to Mowat?

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