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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of plant pumped its waste into the water at the slip in which Mowat's boat rested?
(a) A rubber plant.
(b) A cereal factory.
(c) A shoe factory.
(d) A fish plant.

3. What was called the Country of the Masterless Men?
(a) The southern mointains.
(b) The center of the country.
(c) The northern mountains.
(d) The interior of the peninsula.

4. How long did the men work on the Happy Adventure in Trepassey?
(a) About a week.
(b) Over a month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Just a few days.

5. What was the Black Joke?
(a) An infamous pirate ship in the West Indies.
(b) An infamous trading ship running between China and London.
(c) An infamous steamliner running between Lisbon and Dover.
(d) An infamous slave ship running between Virginia and West Africa.

6. When was the engine aboard Mowat's boat built?
(a) In the 1960s.
(b) In the 1940s.
(c) In the 1950s.
(d) In the 1920s.

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

8. What did Mowat refer to as the most salient quality of Newfoundlanders?
(a) Optimism.
(b) Realism.
(c) Pessimism.
(d) Delusion.

9. How old was Howard Morry?
(a) In his thirties.
(b) In his eighties.
(c) In his fifties.
(d) In his sixties.

10. Who was the Old Man of the Sea?
(a) A poem by Tennyson.
(b) A book by Ernest Hemmingway.
(c) The mythical sailor who liked a glass of rum.
(d) The name of the boat sailing next to Happy Adventure.

11. What is screech?
(a) A rum based drink found only in Newfoundland.
(b) The kind of bird native to Newfoundland.
(c) A locally made breakfast food.
(d) The name of the boat Horwood found for Mowat.

12. How far did Mowat get the first day of his journey back to Muddy Hole?
(a) 650 miles to outside Quebec City.
(b) 500 miles to St. John's.
(c) 550 miles to the St Lawrence River.
(d) 600 miles to Toronto.

13. What did Jack do for most of the Happy Adventure's first voyage?
(a) Tried to start the stubborn engine.
(b) Worked the sails.
(c) Pumped water out of the leaking boat.
(d) Poured rum for the two men.

14. How much did Mowat pay for the boat he bought outside of Muddy Hole?
(a) Less than five hundred dollars.
(b) Less than two hundred dollars.
(c) A thousand dollars.
(d) Less than a thousand dollars.

15. How long was the passage across Newfoundland?
(a) Five hundred and fifty miles.
(b) Three thousand miles.
(c) Two thousand miles.
(d) Nine hundred and fifty miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many daughters did Enos Coffin have?

2. Where did the Happy Adventure finally stop in Trepassey Harbor?

3. What was the Southern Shore bummer?

4. What did Jack and Mowat decide to do with the bottles of open rum?

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

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