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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 was the Passion Flower?
(a) Mowat's ten year old jeep wagon.
(b) Horwood's ten year old pickup truck.
(c) Mowat's fifteen year old pickup truck.
(d) McClelland's boat.

2. For what port did Mowat and Mike take sail for their first travels together on the Happy Adventure?
(a) St. Pierre, 50 miles away.
(b) St. John's, 100 miles away.
(c) Muddy Hole, 90 miles away.
(d) Spoon Cove, 30 miles away.

3. What promise did John Smallwood make to his people when he took office?
(a) "You will never have to worry again."
(b) "You will never have to fish again."
(c) "You will all get new fishing vessels."
(d) "You will never have to work again."

4. What did Mowat get on the shopping day in St. John's?
(a) A box of nails.
(b) Lumber for repairing the boat.
(c) An anchor and rope.
(d) Six bottles of rum.

5. What did Enos always do at times of stress?
(a) Took out his teeth.
(b) Whistled a sailor's tune.
(c) Cursed the sea.
(d) Prayed aloud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What overtook the men and their ship before reaching Trepassey Harbor?

2. Why was Jack unable to get a clerk to wait on him in the stores in St. John's?

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

4. What was Cape Pine?

5. What was the Southern Shore bummer?

(see the answer key)

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