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

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

3. When did Mowat finally help Enos work on the boat?
(a) When he returned from St. Lawrence.
(b) When he felt he had to finish the job himself.
(c) When Enos needed an extra pair of hands.
(d) When Enos's helpers did not show up for work.

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

5. How did Mowat describe the water leaking into his boat?
(a) It came in through the bow of the boat.
(b) It came in up through the bottom of the boat.
(c) It came in through the hole on the sdie of the boat.
(d) It came thorugh every pore of the boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the original name given to Ferryland?

2. What was the Southern Shore bummer?

3. Who did Mowat find cooking breakfast for him the morning after his first day's driving?

4. How far did Mowat get the first day of his journey back to Muddy Hole?

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

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