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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ship did Jack and Mowat name their boat after?
(a) A toy ship Jack once had as a child.
(b) Peter Easton's ship.
(c) The Halloran brother's ship.
(d) The Queen Mary.

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

3. What was called the Country of the Masterless Men?
(a) The interior of the peninsula.
(b) The northern mountains.
(c) The southern mointains.
(d) The center of the country.

4. What were the three rules of rum in Newfoundland?
(a) Open the bottle as soon as it is put out, do not recork, put out one bottle at a time.
(b) Open only aged rum and recork after each round, never put out two whole bottles.
(c) Put out all of the rum, let one person open each bottle, recork when finished.
(d) Chill the rum for 12 hours, do not recork after opening, show three bottles at a time.

5. Who did Mowat credit as being a master improviser?
(a) Howard Morry.
(b) Himself.
(c) Jack McClelland.
(d) Enos Coffin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was considered one of the toughest woods in the world?

2. Who was Peter Easton?

3. What did Jack believe was the major problem the men faced in repairing the boat?

4. What color was the boat Mowat purchased from the Hallohans?

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

(see the answer key)

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