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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 island did Mowat and Jack choose as their new destination?
(a) The island of St. Pierre.
(b) The island of Wahini.
(c) The island of Key West.
(d) The island of Maui.

2. What did Mike and Mowat learn was really the cargo aboard their boat?
(a) Crates filled with alcohol.
(b) Crates filled with rocks.
(c) Crates filled with cement.
(d) Crates filled with sand.

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

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

5. What was rotting beneath the floorboards of the cabin of the boat?
(a) Rats.
(b) Crabs.
(c) Mice.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the last name of many of the young boys who wanted to help Mowat with the Happy Adventure?

2. Why was the cargo brought onto Itchy stored on the deck rather than below?

3. What did it mean to "slap a blanket on the schooner?"

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

5. Who did Mowat hire to watch Itchy for the winter months?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Oregon? How did Theo help save the Oregon?

2. When Jack went below to listen to the radio and help establish where they were, what did he learn from the radio news? What did they decide to do about their predicament?

3. Who was Paulo? Where and how did Mowat meet him? What did he do for the Happy Adventure?

4. Why did Mowat leave his boat in St. Pierre? With whom did he leave the Itchy?

5. When sailing aboard the Happy Adventure toward their chosen destination, who did Mowat and Jack meet in St Mary's Bay, and what did they learn at that moment?

6. What did McClelland learn when he called his office from Burin Cove? How did his plans change after the phone call? What promise did he make to Mowat after the call?

7. What surprise did Mowat and Mike find when they retired below the ship to sleep? Who had given the men this surprise, and what did Mowat do with the gift?

8. Where did Mowat and McClelland decide to sail, instead of sailing the Atlantic? Why did they choose that destination?

9. After finding safe harbor for the night, who did Mowat and McClelland meet when they woke in the morning? What did the their unexpected visitor offer the two men?

10. Why did Mowat finally give up his plan to sail the Atlantic?

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