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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stayed with the Itchy while Claire and Mowat took their excursion with Theo?
(a) Enos.
(b) Harold.
(c) Mike.
(d) Wilbur.

2. What was rotting beneath the floorboards of the cabin of the boat?
(a) Crabs.
(b) Rats.
(c) Food.
(d) Mice.

3. How far away from Trepassey Harbor was the Happy Adventure's new destination?
(a) About a week's sail.
(b) About twelve hours.
(c) About a hundred and twenty miles.
(d) About seventy five miles.

4. What did Mowat's father buy at an auction when Mowat was a child?
(a) A Quick Bake cast iron oven for their kitchen.
(b) A tractor and other farm equipment.
(c) Bees and bee keeping equipment.
(d) Antique furniture for their home.

5. What did Mowat say was the advantage of Mike being ignorant of the schooner and her history?
(a) He would not get in Mowat's way.
(b) He did not know to be nervous.
(c) It would be easy for him to repair the boat.
(d) He would get the boat to Montreal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What overtook the men and their ship before reaching Trepassey Harbor?

2. When the Happy Adventure sailed into the open waters, what happened to Mike?

3. For what sailing conditions is the Cabot Strait known?

4. Who did Wilbur say he was when Mowat first met him?

5. Where did Claire and Mowat buy a home?

(see the answer key)

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