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

2. What was the Passion Flower?
(a) Horwood's ten year old pickup truck.
(b) Mowat's ten year old jeep wagon.
(c) Mowat's fifteen year old pickup truck.
(d) McClelland's boat.

3. Where did Mowat attend an auction as an adult?
(a) A small town near Lake Ontario.
(b) A small town near Lake Superior.
(c) A small town near Lake Erie.
(d) A small town near Lake Huron.

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

5. What did Jack drive his car into upon arriving at Muddy Hole?
(a) A sheep shed.
(b) A horse barn.
(c) A house.
(d) A lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Man Who Gets Things Done?

2. Where did Wilbur ask Mowat to drop him off in St. John's?

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

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

5. How old was Howard Morry?

(see the answer key)

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