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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happen to the Happy Adventure's supply of fresh water?
(a) A loose hose came free and dumped the water into the bilges.
(b) Mike accidenally poured it overboard.
(c) It leaked out into the ocean.
(d) Mike had forgotten to put the water on the boat.

2. How old was Howard Morry?
(a) In his sixties.
(b) In his thirties.
(c) In his eighties.
(d) In his fifties.

3. What was considered bad luck at the start of a voyage?
(a) Cloudy weather.
(b) Farewells.
(c) Jumping fish.
(d) Still waters.

4. What last thing did the old skipper do for Mowat and Jack before leaving the Harbor?
(a) Taught them how to repair a sail.
(b) Told them the story of the Harbor.
(c) Taught them how to use a compass.
(d) Told them to leave the Harbor as soon as they could.

5. What was the Southern Shore bummer?
(a) The story about a ship wreck horwood told.
(b) The ship McClelland owned.
(c) The kind of ship Horwood found for Mowat.
(d) The name of the bar on the southern shore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What island did Mowat and Jack choose as their new destination?

2. What did Mowat refer to as the most salient quality of Newfoundlanders?

3. How did Mowat find a boat maker in Muddy Hole?

4. What did Enos always do at times of stress?

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

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