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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 Mike Donovan's job on the mainland?
(a) He was a master boat builder.
(b) He was a missionary.
(c) He was the Director of Libraries.
(d) He was as assistant librarian.

2. Why did the Happy Adventure become a Basque ship while moored at St. Pierre?
(a) Because the chef was confused and thought it was a Basque ship.
(b) Because Mowat sold the boat to Theo when he was drunk one night.`
(c) Because Mowat had no official Newfoundland papers for the ship.
(d) Because Mowat and Mike liked the colorful flags of the Basque mercantile marine.

3. Who was Mike Donovan?
(a) The engine repair man Mowat found to fix the boat's engine.
(b) The Director of Provincial Library Services in St John's.
(c) The man who originally built the Happy Adventure.
(d) The skilled navigator of a government boat.

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

5. How many daughters did Enos Coffin have?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Blanche?

2. Where did Mowat attend an auction as an adult?

3. What is a dory?

4. What came special delivery to Mowat and Jack as they worked on their broken boat engine?

5. Where did Wilbur ask Mowat to drop him off in St. John's?

(see the answer key)

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