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

2. What overtook the men and their ship before reaching Trepassey Harbor?
(a) A rain storm.
(b) The fog.
(c) Drunkenness.
(d) Apathy.

3. What kind of plant pumped its waste into the water at the slip in which Mowat's boat rested?
(a) A fish plant.
(b) A rubber plant.
(c) A cereal factory.
(d) A shoe factory.

4. What color was the boat Mowat purchased from the Hallohans?
(a) White.
(b) A vile color green.
(c) Blue and white.
(d) A deep black.

5. What was the Black Joke?
(a) An infamous slave ship running between Virginia and West Africa.
(b) An infamous pirate ship in the West Indies.
(c) An infamous steamliner running between Lisbon and Dover.
(d) An infamous trading ship running between China and London.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What ship did Jack and Mowat name their boat after?

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

4. How long did the boat maker think it would take to repair Mowat's boat?

5. What was unusual about the bunks Enos built in the boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did McClelland finally arrive at Muddy Hole? What happened when he arrived that surprised him?

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

3. Whom did Mowat and McClelland select to be the captain of their boat? Why did they chose this individual?

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

5. 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?

6. What did Mowat realize when he arrived in Muddy Hole to take over his boat? Why was Mowat upset and worried?

7. What did the villagers bring the men to eat while they were living and working aboard the boat? What did Enos finally teach Mowat and McClelland to do with the abundance of food they were given?

8. Who was Howard Morry? How did Mowat meet him?

9. What else besides the necessary tools and supplies did McClelland bring back from the Southern Shore? How did he plan to use this purchase? What actually happened?

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

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