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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mowat get on the shopping day in St. John's?
(a) A box of nails.
(b) An anchor and rope.
(c) Six bottles of rum.
(d) Lumber for repairing the boat.

2. Who did Mowat find cooking breakfast for him the morning after his first day's driving?
(a) A total stranger.
(b) An off duty police officer.
(c) A college roommate.
(d) A local pig farmer.

3. How did Mowat cook while living on the boat?
(a) With a bonfire.
(b) With a gasoline stove.
(c) With an hibachi.
(d) With a grill.

4. When was the engine aboard Mowat's boat built?
(a) In the 1940s.
(b) In the 1960s.
(c) In the 1920s.
(d) In the 1950s.

5. What are a ship's trials?
(a) The first tentative voyage.
(b) The problems that arrise during the sail.
(c) The anchor.
(d) The moorings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of fish did Morry and Mowat fish for early one morning?

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

3. What was the Southern Shore bummer?

4. Where did the men begin having troubles with the Happy Adventure?

5. How far did Mowat get the first day of his journey back to Muddy Hole?

(see the answer key)

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