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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) A tropical storm warning had been issued.
(c) A typhoon was headed to Newfoundland.
(d) Winds were to die down to two knots.

3. When Mowat arrived in St Pierre, who did he find waiting for him.
(a) Ella and a few townspeople.
(b) No one.
(c) Theo and Ella.
(d) Theo.

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

5. Why was Jack unable to get a clerk to wait on him in the stores in St. John's?
(a) Because it was socially improper to wait on a foreigner.
(b) Because all of the stores were self-service.
(c) Because Jack was overdressed for the town.
(d) Because it was socially demeaning for a clerk to wait on a customer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Theo's boat named after?

2. What last thing did the old skipper do for Mowat and Jack before leaving the Harbor?

3. What did Enos always do at times of stress?

4. How did Mowat describe the water leaking into his boat?

5. What were the sails on Mowat's ship made of?

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