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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gave a gala reception at L'Escal?
(a) Theo and his wife.
(b) Cleotine Baker.
(c) Ella Girardin.
(d) Maria Giarra.

2. Who did Mowat hire to watch Itchy for the winter months?
(a) Theo and Mike.
(b) Theo, Paulo, and Martin.
(c) Mike, Paulo, and Pablo.
(d) Theo, Pablo, and Ranger.

3. Who stayed with the Itchy while Claire and Mowat took their excursion with Theo?
(a) Mike.
(b) Enos.
(c) Harold.
(d) Wilbur.

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

5. What did the three men Mowat left in charge of the Itchy do rather than tend to the boat?
(a) They sailed Itchy to Muddy Hole.
(b) They paid two young boys to watch over the boat.
(c) They left town and sold Itchy to a stranger.
(d) They argued over who would be in command of the boat's watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Happy Adventure leave harbor on her first voyage?

2. What was alky and how was it distributed?

3. What did it mean to "slap a blanket on the schooner?"

4. At the rate of their travel, how long did Mowat figure it would take the men to reach the Caribbean?

5. When the Happy Adventure sailed into the open waters, what happened to Mike?

(see the answer key)

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