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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mowat describe the water leaking into his boat?
(a) It came thorugh every pore of the boat.
(b) It came in through the bow of the boat.
(c) It came in through the hole on the sdie of the boat.
(d) It came in up through the bottom of the boat.

2. What color was the boat Mowat purchased from the Hallohans?
(a) White.
(b) Blue and white.
(c) A deep black.
(d) A vile color green.

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

4. What did the Happy Adventure come within fifty yards of hitting in the fog?
(a) A fishing boat.
(b) An oceanliner.
(c) A schooner.
(d) A whale.

5. What was the William Carson?
(a) The ship that was anchored next to Mowat's new boat.
(b) The ship that sailed from Cape Breton to London.
(c) The ferry that sailed across the St Lawrence Seaway.
(d) The ferry that went to Newfoundland from Cape Breton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of plant pumped its waste into the water at the slip in which Mowat's boat rested?

3. What last thing did the old skipper do for Mowat and Jack before leaving the Harbor?

4. What happen to the Happy Adventure's supply of fresh water?

5. What does barking do to the fish nets?

(see the answer key)

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