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The Boat Who Wouldn't Float Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Black Joke?
(a) An infamous steamliner running between Lisbon and Dover.
(b) An infamous slave ship running between Virginia and West Africa.
(c) An infamous trading ship running between China and London.
(d) An infamous pirate ship in the West Indies.

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

3. What was the original name given to Ferryland?
(a) Feriland.
(b) Farillon.
(c) Fervilan.
(d) Fairyland.

4. What were the sails on Mowat's ship made of?
(a) Nylon and plastic cable.
(b) 14 gauge canvas.
(c) Nylon and rope.
(d) 8 gauge canvas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are fish flakes?

2. What did Jack and Mowat decide to do with the bottles of open rum?

3. How many days did it take Mowat to arrive in St. John's?

4. What did Mowat get on the shopping day in St. John's?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mowat travel to St Johns? Who was Harold Hardwood?

2. Where did the men go to find the tools and supplies they could not readily find in St John's? How did Mowat travel to this alternate shopping area?

3. What else besides the necessary tools and supplies did McClelland bring back from the Southern Shore? How did he plan to use this purchase? What actually happened?

4. What happened to the Happy Adventure on its first voyage? What was unusual about the boat's departure form the harbor?

5. Who was Wilbur, and how did Mowat meet him? What did he learn about Wilbur when the two finally arrived in St. John's?

6. Who was Howard Morry? How did Mowat meet him?

7. What did Mowat and McClelland name their boat? Why did they choose this name?

8. What did McClelland do to reorganize the repair plan for the boat? What was the first thing he decided to change?

9. Who was Mike Donovan? Why did Mowat contact him?

10. Why did the crew working on the boat agree to McClelland's plan to streamline purchasing? What did McClelland learn about St. John's?

(see the answer keys)

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