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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the engine aboard Mowat's boat built?
(a) In the 1920s.
(b) In the 1950s.
(c) In the 1960s.
(d) In the 1940s.

2. What did Enos lose when he went into the woods to hunt caribou?
(a) He got lost.
(b) He lost his glasses.
(c) He shot his foot.
(d) He slept at home.

3. What were the three rules of rum in Newfoundland?
(a) Open the bottle as soon as it is put out, do not recork, put out one bottle at a time.
(b) Chill the rum for 12 hours, do not recork after opening, show three bottles at a time.
(c) Put out all of the rum, let one person open each bottle, recork when finished.
(d) Open only aged rum and recork after each round, never put out two whole bottles.

4. What was the original name for Mowat and Jack's boat?
(a) The name was lost in the records of the ship.
(b) The Nancy Ann.
(c) The Hallohans never gave the boat a name.
(d) The Ever Ready.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was the boat Mowat purchased from the Hallohans?

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

3. What did Jack and Mowat decide to do with the bottles of open rum?

4. What did Mowat say was "by guess and by God?"

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

(see the answer key)

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