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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 did Mowat say Theo resembled?
(a) Truman and Roosevelt.
(b) Churchill and Rommell.
(c) Churchill and Roosevelt.
(d) Roosevelt and Rommell.

2. What was the Blue Nose?
(a) The name given to the whale.
(b) A famous Nova Scotian schooner.
(c) The new boat Mowat wanted to buy.
(d) A boat moored in the Burgeo harbor.

3. What came special delivery to Mowat and Jack as they worked on their broken boat engine?
(a) A new engine and directions.
(b) Parts for the repair and a map of the seas.
(c) A manual on repairs and spare parts.
(d) Parts for the repair and bottles of rum.

4. What did Mowat secretly hope would happen after their first day's sail?
(a) They would give up and settle in the harbor town.
(b) They would sell the Happy Adventure and buy a better boat.
(c) Claire would ask to return home.
(d) Mowat would be too sick to sail the next day.

5. Why was the Happy Adventure illegal in the waters around Montreal?
(a) The boat was painted like a Basque ship.
(b) There were no name and number painted on the boat.
(c) There was no life saving gear on board.
(d) Mowat did not possess a Canadian boat operator's license.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Blanche?

2. Where did Claire and Albert rejoin Mowat on the Happy Adventure?

3. What was the Centennial in Canada celebrating?

4. What did it mean to "slap a blanket on the schooner?"

5. What was the Leif Eriksson?

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