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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mowat's father buy at an auction when Mowat was a child?
(a) A tractor and other farm equipment.
(b) A Quick Bake cast iron oven for their kitchen.
(c) Antique furniture for their home.
(d) Bees and bee keeping equipment.

2. What did Mowat say was "by guess and by God?"
(a) The boat's leaking bow.
(b) The weather on their first sail.
(c) The boat's compassless navigation.
(d) The boat's wooden structure.

3. What had the Windsor family operated for generations?
(a) A fish cannery.
(b) A whaling factory.
(c) A bar and restaurant.
(d) A motel and inn.

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

5. Where did the Happy Adventure finally stop in Trepassey Harbor?
(a) Next to the fish plant.
(b) On the steep rocks.
(c) At the local bar.
(d) Just outside of the main dock.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the men work on the Happy Adventure in Trepassey?

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

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

4. How old was Howard Morry?

5. How much did Mowat pay for the boat he bought outside of Muddy Hole?

(see the answer key)

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