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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the cargo brought onto Itchy stored on the deck rather than below?
(a) So it would not keel over and break.
(b) So it would not get wet below.
(c) So it could easily be jettisoned if necessary.
(d) So it was readily available to the crew.

2. What news did Jack hear when he went below to listen to the weather report?
(a) The weather was perfect for sailing on.
(b) Winds were to die down to two knots.
(c) A tropical storm warning had been issued.
(d) A typhoon was headed to Newfoundland.

3. After casting about lost in fog and darkness, what did Mowat and Jack finally hear?
(a) Music from a shore.
(b) "Watch out!"
(c) "Ahoy there!"
(d) A foghorn.

4. What did Mike and Mowat find as they were out in open waters heading to Lemaline Head?
(a) A school of dolphins.
(b) Another schooner just like Mowat's.
(c) An immense shark.
(d) Three sharks circling the boat.

5. What ship did Mowat dream he was sailing?
(a) The Queen Mary.
(b) The Queen Anne.
(c) The Queen Elizabeth.
(d) The Queen Mary II.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was called the Country of the Masterless Men?

2. What did the Moulton boys catch while fishing in the pond beyond the harbor?

3. Where did Jack hid his rum bottles?

4. What happened to Morry's transcription of his memories of Ferryland?

5. What did Enos lose when he went into the woods to hunt caribou?

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