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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 the Black Joke?
(a) An infamous trading ship running between China and London.
(b) An infamous slave ship running between Virginia and West Africa.
(c) An infamous steamliner running between Lisbon and Dover.
(d) An infamous pirate ship in the West Indies.

2. What did Mowat get on the shopping day in St. John's?
(a) An anchor and rope.
(b) A box of nails.
(c) Six bottles of rum.
(d) Lumber for repairing the boat.

3. Who was Blanche?
(a) Mowat's cat.
(b) Theo's dog.
(c) Paulo's dog.
(d) Theo's wife.

4. Who was the Man Who Gets Things Done?
(a) Mark Horwood.
(b) Farley Mowat.
(c) Jack McClelland.
(d) Paddy Hallohan.

5. What did Jack do for most of the Happy Adventure's first voyage?
(a) Worked the sails.
(b) Poured rum for the two men.
(c) Pumped water out of the leaking boat.
(d) Tried to start the stubborn engine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were some of the new colors painted on to the Happy Adventure?

2. Why did Jack McClelland not arrive in St. John's by plane as he had planned?

3. What island did Mowat and Jack choose as their new destination?

4. What were the sails on Mowat's ship made of?

5. Why did Mowat and Jack decide they had to reach Little Burin Island?

(see the answer key)

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