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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 was Cape Pine?
(a) A lodge on the northern shore.
(b) A town just north of Muddy Hole.
(c) A bay filled with pine trees.
(d) A bleak rock jutting out into the water.

2. What colors were painted on Enos's house?
(a) Orange, blue, and yellow.
(b) Puce, yellow, and red.
(c) Yellow, green, and white.
(d) Blue, white, and green.

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

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

5. How did the Happy Adventure leave harbor on her first voyage?
(a) With both sails and engine pushing her forward.
(b) Backwards under full sail.
(c) She did not; she crashed into rocks.
(d) Smoothly with sails unfurled.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mowat cook while living on the boat?

2. How many days did it take Mowat to arrive in St. John's?

3. What was the Passion Flower?

4. What was the major crop on the Southern Shore of Newfoundland?

5. Where did Wilbur ask Mowat to drop him off in St. John's?

(see the answer key)

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