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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. What did Paulo mount to the bow of his boat?
2. What ship did Mowat dream he was sailing?
3. Why did Jack McClelland decide not to join Mowat for another season of sailing?
4. What did the Moulton boys catch while fishing in the pond beyond the harbor?
5. Who did Mowat hire to watch Itchy for the winter months?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Mowat returned to St.Pierre in the spring, what did he learn about the men in whose charge he had left the Itchy? What condition was the boat in when Mowat found it?
2. Who joined Mowat and Mike aboard the Itchy before they set sail? What was this person doing on the island, and from where did this person originally come?
3. What surprise did Mowat and Mike find when they retired below the ship to sleep? Who had given the men this surprise, and what did Mowat do with the gift?
4. How did the people on the island celebrate the public christening of the ship?
5. What was the Oregon? How did Theo help save the Oregon?
6. When sailing aboard the Happy Adventure toward their chosen destination, who did Mowat and Jack meet in St Mary's Bay, and what did they learn at that moment?
7. How long did it take to repair the Itchy? From where did the money come to make the repairs? What new name did Mowat give the boat?
8. When Jack went below to listen to the radio and help establish where they were, what did he learn from the radio news? What did they decide to do about their predicament?
9. Where did Mowat and McClelland decide to sail, instead of sailing the Atlantic? Why did they choose that destination?
10. At what point did Mike Donovan leave the Itchy and why? How did he feel about separating from the boat and her crew?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
The Happy Adventure had a name change half way into the story. What was her new name? What did Mowat and Donovan say the name sounded like when they pronounced it? What did they call the boat instead? How was this an example of Mowat's temperament throughout most of his experience with his very temperamental boat?
Essay Topic 3
Define personification, give examples of the device, and discuss how Farley Mowat used personification in his story.
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