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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the Southern Shore bummer?
(a) The ship McClelland owned.
(b) The story about a ship wreck horwood told.
(c) The name of the bar on the southern shore.
(d) The kind of ship Horwood found for Mowat.

3. How did Mowat describe the water leaking into his boat?
(a) It came thorugh every pore of the boat.
(b) It came in through the hole on the sdie of the boat.
(c) It came in through the bow of the boat.
(d) It came in up through the bottom of the boat.

4. What kind of fish did Morry and Mowat fish for early one morning?
(a) Trout.
(b) Sole.
(c) Salmon.
(d) Cod.

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

6. What did Jack believe was the major problem the men faced in repairing the boat?
(a) Time.
(b) Organization.
(c) Manpower.
(d) Money.

7. What was considered bad luck at the start of a voyage?
(a) Jumping fish.
(b) Still waters.
(c) Farewells.
(d) Cloudy weather.

8. What was the major crop on the Southern Shore of Newfoundland?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Onions.
(c) Beets.
(d) Carrots.

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

10. Where did Wilbur ask Mowat to drop him off in St. John's?
(a) His house in St. John's.
(b) St. John's Mental Hospital.
(c) A small bar in St. John's.
(d) The main wharf in St. John's.

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

12. What last thing did the old skipper do for Mowat and Jack before leaving the Harbor?
(a) Taught them how to repair a sail.
(b) Taught them how to use a compass.
(c) Told them to leave the Harbor as soon as they could.
(d) Told them the story of the Harbor.

13. What was the Passion Flower?
(a) Mowat's ten year old jeep wagon.
(b) McClelland's boat.
(c) Horwood's ten year old pickup truck.
(d) Mowat's fifteen year old pickup truck.

14. How did the Happy Adventure leave harbor on her first voyage?
(a) She did not; she crashed into rocks.
(b) Backwards under full sail.
(c) With both sails and engine pushing her forward.
(d) Smoothly with sails unfurled.

15. How much did Mowat pay for the boat he bought outside of Muddy Hole?
(a) Less than five hundred dollars.
(b) Less than a thousand dollars.
(c) A thousand dollars.
(d) Less than two hundred dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car did Jack rent in St John's to drive to Muddy Hole?

2. How long did the men work on the Happy Adventure in Trepassey?

3. What did Jack drive his car into upon arriving at Muddy Hole?

4. What did the American capitalist Cyrus Eaton welcome to Pugwash every year?

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

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