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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What colors were painted on Enos's house?
(a) Puce, yellow, and red.
(b) Blue, white, and green.
(c) Yellow, green, and white.
(d) Orange, blue, and yellow.

3. What was the major crop on the Southern Shore of Newfoundland?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Beets.
(c) Onions.
(d) Carrots.

4. What did Mowat get on the shopping day in St. John's?
(a) Lumber for repairing the boat.
(b) An anchor and rope.
(c) A box of nails.
(d) Six bottles of rum.

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 demeaning for a clerk to wait on a customer.
(b) Because all of the stores were self-service.
(c) Because Jack was overdressed for the town.
(d) Because it was socially improper to wait on a foreigner.

6. Who did Mowat credit as being a master improviser?
(a) Howard Morry.
(b) Himself.
(c) Jack McClelland.
(d) Enos Coffin.

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

8. How long did the boat maker think it would take to repair Mowat's boat?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Five months.

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

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

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

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

13. What was considered one of the toughest woods in the world?
(a) Newfoundland yellow oak.
(b) Newfoundland fir pine.
(c) Newfoundland birch.
(d) Newfoundland black spruce.

14. How many daughters did Enos Coffin have?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

15. What happened to Morry's transcription of his memories of Ferryland?
(a) Morry lost the book when he moved.
(b) He destroyed it after writing it.
(c) Someone stole the book from the boat.
(d) Children used it to start a bonfire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of things did Passion Flower carry back to Muddy Hole from St. Shotts?

2. What was unusual about the bunks Enos built in the boat?

3. What color was the boat Mowat purchased from the Hallohans?

4. Where did Mowat attend an auction as an adult?

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

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