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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 thorugh every pore of the boat.
(c) It came in through the bow of the boat.
(d) It came in up through the bottom of the boat.

2. What did Mowat say was "by guess and by God?"
(a) The boat's compassless navigation.
(b) The boat's leaking bow.
(c) The weather on their first sail.
(d) The boat's wooden structure.

3. How old was Howard Morry?
(a) In his fifties.
(b) In his sixties.
(c) In his eighties.
(d) In his thirties.

4. What were some of the new colors painted on to the Happy Adventure?
(a) Black, white red, and yellow.
(b) Black, red, orange, and green.
(c) Black, white green, and yellow.
(d) Black, red, yellow, and green.

5. What did Mowat's father buy at an auction when Mowat was a child?
(a) A tractor and other farm equipment.
(b) A Quick Bake cast iron oven for their kitchen.
(c) Antique furniture for their home.
(d) Bees and bee keeping equipment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mike and Mowat find as they were out in open waters heading to Lemaline Head?

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

3. What news did Jack hear when he went below to listen to the weather report?

4. How long did the men work on the Happy Adventure in Trepassey?

5. What promise did John Smallwood make to his people when he took office?

(see the answer key)

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