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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 did the Moulton boys catch while fishing in the pond beyond the harbor?
(a) Conch.
(b) Mackerel.
(c) Well-fed cod.
(d) Speckled trout.

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

3. What last thing did the old skipper do for Mowat and Jack before leaving the Harbor?
(a) Told them to leave the Harbor as soon as they could.
(b) Taught them how to repair a sail.
(c) Taught them how to use a compass.
(d) Told them the story of the Harbor.

4. When was the engine aboard Mowat's boat built?
(a) In the 1920s.
(b) In the 1940s.
(c) In the 1950s.
(d) In the 1960s.

5. Why did the Happy Adventure become a Basque ship while moored at St. Pierre?
(a) Because the chef was confused and thought it was a Basque ship.
(b) Because Mowat had no official Newfoundland papers for the ship.
(c) Because Mowat sold the boat to Theo when he was drunk one night.`
(d) Because Mowat and Mike liked the colorful flags of the Basque mercantile marine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the original name given to Ferryland?

2. What did Jack do for most of the Happy Adventure's first voyage?

3. What are rounders?

4. Who is Jack McClelland?

5. Where did Mowat attend an auction as an adult?

(see the answer key)

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