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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 the Happy Adventure leave harbor on her first voyage?
(a) Backwards under full sail.
(b) Smoothly with sails unfurled.
(c) With both sails and engine pushing her forward.
(d) She did not; she crashed into rocks.

2. 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.

3. Why did Jack McClelland not arrive in St. John's by plane as he had planned?
(a) He decided he wanted to come by boat.
(b) There were mechanical problems on the plane.
(c) A hurricane was whipping up.
(d) The fog was too dense.

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

5. What are fish flakes?
(a) Fish that has been cured.
(b) Scales from fish that fall to the ground.
(c) Racks for drying fish.
(d) Fish food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mowat think was an excellent choice for the pilot of their ship?

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

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

4. How many days did it take Mowat to arrive in St. John's?

5. What kinds of things did Mowat have done to the Happy Adventure while they were in Spoon Cove?

(see the answer key)

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