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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Cape Pine?
(a) A bay filled with pine trees.
(b) A bleak rock jutting out into the water.
(c) A town just north of Muddy Hole.
(d) A lodge on the northern shore.

2. What are rounders?
(a) Pieces of cod that are formed into balls and fried.
(b) Little cod that are marinaded in rum.
(c) Cod that has been pressed into large balls and boiled.
(d) Little cod that are sundried in the round.

3. Who was the Man Who Gets Things Done?
(a) Paddy Hallohan.
(b) Farley Mowat.
(c) Mark Horwood.
(d) Jack McClelland.

4. What did the three men Mowat left in charge of the Itchy do rather than tend to the boat?
(a) They sailed Itchy to Muddy Hole.
(b) They argued over who would be in command of the boat's watch.
(c) They left town and sold Itchy to a stranger.
(d) They paid two young boys to watch over the boat.

5. 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 could easily be jettisoned if necessary.
(c) So it was readily available to the crew.
(d) So it would not get wet below.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mowat hire to watch Itchy for the winter months?

2. Who was Martin Dutin, and what was his job during the repainting of the Happy Adventure?

3. In what vehicle did Mike Donovan arrive in Spoon Cove?

4. How long was the passage across Newfoundland?

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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