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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Jack, Mowat, and their friends christen the Happy Adventure?
2. Who did Mowat credit as being a master improviser?
3. How old was Howard Morry?
4. What did Jack believe was the major problem the men faced in repairing the boat?
5. What did Jack drive his car into upon arriving at Muddy Hole?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Mowat travel to St Johns? Who was Harold Hardwood?
2. How did Mowat know Jack McClelland? What did the two men decide to do after meeting at a bar one night?
3. What did Mowat realize when he arrived in Muddy Hole to take over his boat? Why was Mowat upset and worried?
4. How did Mowat finally purchase the boat? Who sold him the boat and under what circumstances?
5. Why did the crew working on the boat agree to McClelland's plan to streamline purchasing? What did McClelland learn about St. John's?
6. How much money did Mowat have to spend on a boat? What did he finally find in his price range, and where did he and Harold go to purchase the boat?
7. Whom did Mowat and McClelland select to be the captain of their boat? Why did they chose this individual?
8. Who was Enos? What agreement had he made with Mowat before the two men parted and Mowat returned to Toronto to get the Passion Flower?
9. What was the ritual Mowat performed called the Old Man in the Sea? Where did he learn this?
10. What did the villagers bring the men to eat while they were living and working aboard the boat? What did Enos finally teach Mowat and McClelland to do with the abundance of food they were given?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the final part of the book, Mowat decided to have the Happy Adventure torn apart for scrap. What happened to change his mind? What did he finally decide to do with the boat? Did you think this was a reasonable ending for the story? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Who was Peter Easton? What was his importance in the story? What did McClelland do after hearing the story and why? There are at least two ironic parts of the story. What were they? Why would they be considered ironic?
Essay Topic 3
This story is a memoir of Mowat's adventures aboard his boat, the Happy Adventure. In what ways does a memoir differ from an autobiography? Why is The Boat Who Wouldn't Float a memoir rather than an autobiography? What changes would the author need to make in his book for it to be an autobiography?
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