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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Enos lose when he went into the woods to hunt caribou?
(a) He lost his glasses.
(b) He shot his foot.
(c) He got lost.
(d) He slept at home.

3. Why was Jack unable to get a clerk to wait on him in the stores in St. John's?
(a) Because it was socially improper to wait on a foreigner.
(b) Because it was socially demeaning for a clerk to wait on a customer.
(c) Because Jack was overdressed for the town.
(d) Because all of the stores were self-service.

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

5. What did Mowat see had happened to the stern of the Itchy over the winter?
(a) It was painted dark black.
(b) It was totally missing from the ship.
(c) It appeared to be partially chewed off.
(d) It was painted bright yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. After casting about lost in fog and darkness, what did Mowat and Jack finally hear?

2. What do the people living near Bay d'Espoir call the bay?

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

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

5. What did Mike and Mowat find as they were out in open waters heading to Lemaline Head?

(see the answer key)

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