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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the men begin having troubles with the Happy Adventure?
(a) Near Cape May.
(b) Near Cape Trepassey,
(c) Near Cape Race.
(d) Near Cape St John.

2. What did Jack and Mowat decide to do with the bottles of open rum?
(a) Drink it themselves.
(b) Give it out to the men.
(c) Use it for cooking.
(d) Share it with other work sites.

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

4. What are a ship's trials?
(a) The moorings.
(b) The first tentative voyage.
(c) The problems that arrise during the sail.
(d) The anchor.

5. How did Mowat cook while living on the boat?
(a) With a gasoline stove.
(b) With a bonfire.
(c) With a grill.
(d) With an hibachi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jack do for most of the Happy Adventure's first voyage?

2. What kind of car did Jack rent in St John's to drive to Muddy Hole?

3. What was considered one of the toughest woods in the world?

4. What was Cape Pine?

5. How did Jack, Mowat, and their friends christen the Happy Adventure?

(see the answer key)

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