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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far away from Trepassey Harbor was the Happy Adventure's new destination?
(a) About a week's sail.
(b) About seventy five miles.
(c) About a hundred and twenty miles.
(d) About twelve hours.

2. What was the St. Eugene?
(a) The rescue boat Mie sent out for the group.
(b) The the ocean liner on its way to port.
(c) The ship that picked up the ailing Oregon.
(d) The ship that wrecked into the Oregon.

3. Where did Jack hid his rum bottles?
(a) In a chest in the corner of the engine room.
(b) In the lazaret.
(c) Under a pile of clothes in his bunk.
(d) Under a pile of rags in the engine room.

4. What ship did Mowat dream he was sailing?
(a) The Queen Anne.
(b) The Queen Mary II.
(c) The Queen Mary.
(d) The Queen Elizabeth.

5. What did it mean to "slap a blanket on the schooner?"
(a) Take the boat to the nearest salvage yard.
(b) Cover the boat for the winter.
(c) Arrest the boat.
(d) Give the boat a ticket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the men begin having troubles with the Happy Adventure?

2. What do the people living near Bay d'Espoir call the bay?

3. When Mowat arrived in St Pierre, who did he find waiting for him.

4. What broke on the Happy Adventure as she continued to sail out into the ocean?

5. What did Mowat say was the advantage of Mike being ignorant of the schooner and her history?

(see the answer key)

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