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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jack and Mowat decide to do with the bottles of open rum?
(a) Give it out to the men.
(b) Use it for cooking.
(c) Drink it themselves.
(d) Share it with other work sites.

2. What are a ship's trials?
(a) The first tentative voyage.
(b) The moorings.
(c) The anchor.
(d) The problems that arrise during the sail.

3. At the rate of their travel, how long did Mowat figure it would take the men to reach the Caribbean?
(a) Four months.
(b) Thirteen weeks.
(c) Sixteen months.
(d) Seven weeks.

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

5. What broke on the Happy Adventure as she continued to sail out into the ocean?
(a) The exhaust stack separated from the engine.
(b) The mast broke off of the ship.
(c) The engine refused to restart.
(d) The engine flooded and gave out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of things did Mowat have done to the Happy Adventure while they were in Spoon Cove?

2. When did Claire arrive in St Pierre?

3. What were the three rules of rum in Newfoundland?

4. How did Mowat cook while living on the boat?

5. Who gave a gala reception at L'Escal?

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