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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Mowat say was missing from the peaceful harbor scene in Muddy Hole?
(a) Enos's boathouse.
(b) His repaired ship.
(c) The neighborhood bar.
(d) One of the piers.

4. What kind of plant pumped its waste into the water at the slip in which Mowat's boat rested?
(a) A fish plant.
(b) A shoe factory.
(c) A cereal factory.
(d) A rubber plant.

5. How old was Howard Morry?
(a) In his fifties.
(b) In his thirties.
(c) In his sixties.
(d) In his eighties.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mowat find a boat maker in Muddy Hole?

2. What was the original name given to Ferryland?

3. What kind of fish did Morry and Mowat fish for early one morning?

4. What colors were painted on Enos's house?

5. Who did Wilbur say he was when Mowat first met him?

(see the answer key)

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