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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 had the Windsor family operated for generations?
(a) A motel and inn.
(b) A fish cannery.
(c) A bar and restaurant.
(d) A whaling factory.

2. Why did Jack McClelland not arrive in St. John's by plane as he had planned?
(a) The fog was too dense.
(b) A hurricane was whipping up.
(c) There were mechanical problems on the plane.
(d) He decided he wanted to come by boat.

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

4. What was the original name for Mowat and Jack's boat?
(a) The name was lost in the records of the ship.
(b) The Hallohans never gave the boat a name.
(c) The Nancy Ann.
(d) The Ever Ready.

5. Who did Wilbur say he was when Mowat first met him?
(a) An old seaman.
(b) The local drunk.
(c) A car repairman.
(d) A short order cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the American capitalist Cyrus Eaton welcome to Pugwash every year?

2. What did Mowat's father buy at an auction when Mowat was a child?

3. What was the original name given to Ferryland?

4. What did Mowat say was missing from the peaceful harbor scene in Muddy Hole?

5. What was the William Carson?

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