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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did Mowat pay for the boat he bought outside of Muddy Hole?
(a) Less than two hundred dollars.
(b) Less than five hundred dollars.
(c) Less than a thousand dollars.
(d) A thousand dollars.

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

3. What did the American capitalist Cyrus Eaton welcome to Pugwash every year?
(a) The Thinkers' Conference.
(b) The Seamen's Conference.
(c) The Whalers' Weekend.
(d) The Fishermen's Meeting.

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

5. What was the Southern Shore bummer?
(a) The kind of ship Horwood found for Mowat.
(b) The story about a ship wreck horwood told.
(c) The name of the bar on the southern shore.
(d) The ship McClelland owned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the major crop on the Southern Shore of Newfoundland?

2. Where did Mowat attend an auction as an adult?

3. Why did Jack McClelland not arrive in St. John's by plane as he had planned?

4. When did Mowat finally help Enos work on the boat?

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

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