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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 does a helmsman push the tiller to steer the boat?
2. Who was Blanche?
3. What do the people living near Bay d'Espoir call the bay?
4. Where did the crew decide to sail the boat after her christening?
5. When the Happy Adventure sailed into the open waters, what happened to Mike?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the people on the island celebrate the public christening of the ship?
2. What plan did Mowat, Mike, Theo, and the others devise to redecorate the Itchy for her christening? Why did they come up with this plan?
3. 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?
4. Chapter 16 is titled "The Game Is Played." What was the game? Who played the game?
5. 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?
6. Where did Mowat and McClelland decide to sail, instead of sailing the Atlantic? Why did they choose that destination?
7. What was the Happy Adventure's new name after her christening? What did Mowat and Mike decide to call her for short? Why?
8. Who was Blanche? What story did Paulo relate to Mowat about Blanche?
9. 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?
10. Who attended the private christening ceremony of the Happy Adventure? What happened at the ceremony that was of interest?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who was Mike Donovan, and when did he appear in the story? How did Mowat describe him? What was his job at home, and how did Donovan explain his trip to Newfoundland to his bosses? What kind of personality is Donovan?
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
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?
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