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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Mowat find cooking breakfast for him the morning after his first day's driving?
(a) A local pig farmer.
(b) An off duty police officer.
(c) A total stranger.
(d) A college roommate.

2. Who was the Man Who Gets Things Done?
(a) Paddy Hallohan.
(b) Farley Mowat.
(c) Mark Horwood.
(d) Jack McClelland.

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

4. What did Mowat refer to as the most salient quality of Newfoundlanders?
(a) Realism.
(b) Pessimism.
(c) Delusion.
(d) Optimism.

5. How long did the boat maker think it would take to repair Mowat's boat?
(a) Three months.
(b) Five months.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Two months.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Jack drive his car into upon arriving at Muddy Hole?

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

4. What are fish flakes?

5. What was the William Carson?

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