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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 did the people of Newfoundland refer to as "the game"?
(a) Keeping drugs out of the country.
(b) The war against smuggling.
(c) The movement for game fishing.
(d) Permitting off-season hunting.

2. What did Enos lose when he went into the woods to hunt caribou?
(a) He lost his glasses.
(b) He got lost.
(c) He shot his foot.
(d) He slept at home.

3. What did the American capitalist Cyrus Eaton welcome to Pugwash every year?
(a) The Thinkers' Conference.
(b) The Whalers' Weekend.
(c) The Seamen's Conference.
(d) The Fishermen's Meeting.

4. Who was the first person to speak to Mowat and Jack at Burin Inlet?
(a) An elderly gentleman who invited them to Sunday dinner.
(b) The skipper of the schooner also in the inlet.
(c) The mayor of the town who wanted an explanation.
(d) Mike Donovan.

5. What did Jack and Mowat decide to do with the bottles of open rum?
(a) Give it out to the men.
(b) Drink it themselves.
(c) Use it for cooking.
(d) Share it with other work sites.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Mowat say was "by guess and by God?"

4. Who was Blanche?

5. What was Itchy?

(see the answer key)

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