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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Mowat credit as being a master improviser?
(a) Enos Coffin.
(b) Howard Morry.
(c) Jack McClelland.
(d) Himself.

2. How did Jack, Mowat, and their friends christen the Happy Adventure?
(a) They went into town and bought drinks for everyone in the bar.
(b) They hit the bow with a bottle of rum.
(c) They took her out in the bay and drank a toast.
(d) They sat in her cabin and toasted their new boat.

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

4. What was called the Country of the Masterless Men?
(a) The center of the country.
(b) The northern mountains.
(c) The southern mointains.
(d) The interior of the peninsula.

5. Who was Jennie Barnes?
(a) The woman who helped the Happy Adventure out to sea.
(b) The new captain of the Happy Adventure.
(c) The ship that Mowat and Jack exchanged their ship for.
(d) The ship that joined the Happy Adventure in the government wharf.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Howard Morry?

2. What came special delivery to Mowat and Jack as they worked on their broken boat engine?

3. How did Mowat describe the water leaking into his boat?

4. Why did Jack McClelland not arrive in St. John's by plane as he had planned?

5. How many daughters did Enos Coffin have?

(see the answer key)

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