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

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

3. How many daughters did Enos Coffin have?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

4. What is screech?
(a) The name of the boat Horwood found for Mowat.
(b) A locally made breakfast food.
(c) A rum based drink found only in Newfoundland.
(d) The kind of bird native to Newfoundland.

5. How long was the passage across Newfoundland?
(a) Five hundred and fifty miles.
(b) Nine hundred and fifty miles.
(c) Three thousand miles.
(d) Two thousand miles.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What came special delivery to Mowat and Jack as they worked on their broken boat engine?

4. How much did Mowat pay for the boat he bought outside of Muddy Hole?

5. Why was Jack unable to get a clerk to wait on him in the stores in St. John's?

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