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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many daughters did Enos Coffin have?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

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

3. What was considered one of the toughest woods in the world?
(a) Newfoundland birch.
(b) Newfoundland fir pine.
(c) Newfoundland black spruce.
(d) Newfoundland yellow oak.

4. What was unusual about the bunks Enos built in the boat?
(a) They were comfortable.
(b) They were hard and short.
(c) They were slanted and splintery.
(d) They were slanted and soft.

5. Who is Jack McClelland?
(a) Mowat's attorney.
(b) Mowat's publisher friend.
(c) Mowat's college roommate.
(d) Mowat's neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the sails on Mowat's ship made of?

2. What was Cape Pine?

3. What island did Mowat and Jack choose as their new destination?

4. What was called the Country of the Masterless Men?

5. What was the Black Joke?

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