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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. Who did Mowat hire to watch Itchy for the winter months?
(a) Theo, Paulo, and Martin.
(b) Theo, Pablo, and Ranger.
(c) Mike, Paulo, and Pablo.
(d) Theo and Mike.

2. What was the last name of many of the young boys who wanted to help Mowat with the Happy Adventure?
(a) Moulton.
(b) Martin.
(c) Marlon.
(d) Mousse.

3. What was Theo's boat named after?
(a) The WWII ship the Oregon.
(b) The state of Oregon.
(c) Oregon, Michigan.
(d) The WWI plane the Oregon.

4. What were some of the new colors painted on to the Happy Adventure?
(a) Black, red, yellow, and green.
(b) Black, red, orange, and green.
(c) Black, white red, and yellow.
(d) Black, white green, and yellow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who presided over the formal baptism of the newly repaired and painted Happy Adventure?

2. When did Claire arrive in St Pierre?

3. How did Mowat unload the passengers he had taken for a test run of the Itchy?

4. What happen to the Happy Adventure's supply of fresh water?

5. What was rotting beneath the floorboards of the cabin of the boat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who decided how the Happy Adventure was to be painted after her overhaul at Paulo's harbor? What colors were chosen for the boat? Who oversaw the painting of the boat?

3. Chapter 16 is titled "The Game Is Played." What was the game? Who played the game?

4. When Mowat returned to St.Pierre in the spring, what did he learn about the men in whose charge he had left the Itchy? What condition was the boat in when Mowat found it?

5. At what point did Mike Donovan leave the Itchy and why? How did he feel about separating from the boat and her crew?

6. 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?

7. What direction did the Happy Adventure insist on avoiding as Mowat sailed her for the years following the incident in St Pierre? What happened when he attempted to sail her in that direction? What became his cry as he realized the Happy Adventure had won the battle of directions?

8. What was the Happy Adventure's new name after her christening? What did Mowat and Mike decide to call her for short? Why?

9. On their way to St. Pierre, what sea creatures did Mowat and Donovan encounter? What large sea creature did the men think might capsize their boat? What was it, actually?

10. What plan did Mowat, Mike, Theo, and the others devise to redecorate the Itchy for her christening? Why did they come up with this plan?

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