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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Mowat describe the water leaking into his boat?
(a) It came in through the hole on the sdie of the boat.
(b) It came in through the bow of the boat.
(c) It came thorugh every pore of the boat.
(d) It came in up through the bottom of the boat.

3. What kind of plant pumped its waste into the water at the slip in which Mowat's boat rested?
(a) A cereal factory.
(b) A rubber plant.
(c) A shoe factory.
(d) A fish plant.

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

5. What had the Windsor family operated for generations?
(a) A bar and restaurant.
(b) A whaling factory.
(c) A fish cannery.
(d) A motel and inn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away from Trepassey Harbor was the Happy Adventure's new destination?

2. When did Mowat finally help Enos work on the boat?

3. What did Mike say when he emerged form the freezing cold water in the harbor?

4. What did the Moulton boys catch while fishing in the pond beyond the harbor?

5. What is screech?

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