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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 are fish flakes?
(a) Fish food.
(b) Fish that has been cured.
(c) Scales from fish that fall to the ground.
(d) Racks for drying fish.

2. How many days did it take Mowat to arrive in St. John's?
(a) A week.
(b) Five days.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Three days.

3. What were the sails on Mowat's ship made of?
(a) Nylon and plastic cable.
(b) 14 gauge canvas.
(c) 8 gauge canvas.
(d) Nylon and rope.

4. What happened to Morry's transcription of his memories of Ferryland?
(a) Children used it to start a bonfire.
(b) Someone stole the book from the boat.
(c) He destroyed it after writing it.
(d) Morry lost the book when he moved.

5. What did the American capitalist Cyrus Eaton welcome to Pugwash every year?
(a) The Whalers' Weekend.
(b) The Seamen's Conference.
(c) The Fishermen's Meeting.
(d) The Thinkers' Conference.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jack and Mowat decide to do with the bottles of open rum?

2. What did Mowat get on the shopping day in St. John's?

3. Where did the men begin having troubles with the Happy Adventure?

4. Who was the Man Who Gets Things Done?

5. How does a helmsman push the tiller to steer the boat?

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