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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old was Howard Morry?
(a) In his thirties.
(b) In his fifties.
(c) In his eighties.
(d) In his sixties.
2. Who did Mowat find cooking breakfast for him the morning after his first day's driving?
(a) An off duty police officer.
(b) A local pig farmer.
(c) A college roommate.
(d) A total stranger.
3. How many days did it take Mowat to arrive in St. John's?
(a) A week.
(b) Three days.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Five days.
4. How did Mowat cook while living on the boat?
(a) With a bonfire.
(b) With a gasoline stove.
(c) With a grill.
(d) With an hibachi.
5. What was the William Carson?
(a) The ferry that went to Newfoundland from Cape Breton.
(b) The ship that sailed from Cape Breton to London.
(c) The ship that was anchored next to Mowat's new boat.
(d) The ferry that sailed across the St Lawrence Seaway.
6. How many daughters did Enos Coffin have?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.
7. Who was the Old Man of the Sea?
(a) A poem by Tennyson.
(b) The name of the boat sailing next to Happy Adventure.
(c) A book by Ernest Hemmingway.
(d) The mythical sailor who liked a glass of rum.
8. What overtook the men and their ship before reaching Trepassey Harbor?
(a) The fog.
(b) A rain storm.
(c) Drunkenness.
(d) Apathy.
9. What happened to Morry's transcription of his memories of Ferryland?
(a) Children used it to start a bonfire.
(b) Someone stole the book from the boat.
(c) Morry lost the book when he moved.
(d) He destroyed it after writing it.
10. Who was the Man Who Gets Things Done?
(a) Mark Horwood.
(b) Farley Mowat.
(c) Paddy Hallohan.
(d) Jack McClelland.
11. What did Mowat say was "by guess and by God?"
(a) The weather on their first sail.
(b) The boat's compassless navigation.
(c) The boat's leaking bow.
(d) The boat's wooden structure.
12. What kind of car did Jack rent in St John's to drive to Muddy Hole?
(a) A red Hummer.
(b) A red covertible.
(c) A red Continental.
(d) A red jeep.
13. Why was Jack unable to get a clerk to wait on him in the stores in St. John's?
(a) Because it was socially improper to wait on a foreigner.
(b) Because it was socially demeaning for a clerk to wait on a customer.
(c) Because Jack was overdressed for the town.
(d) Because all of the stores were self-service.
14. What did Mowat say was missing from the peaceful harbor scene in Muddy Hole?
(a) His repaired ship.
(b) One of the piers.
(c) Enos's boathouse.
(d) The neighborhood bar.
15. Who was Jennie Barnes?
(a) The new captain of the Happy Adventure.
(b) The ship that Mowat and Jack exchanged their ship for.
(c) The ship that joined the Happy Adventure in the government wharf.
(d) The woman who helped the Happy Adventure out to sea.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who did Wilbur say he was when Mowat first met him?
2. How did the Happy Adventure leave harbor on her first voyage?
3. What are a ship's trials?
4. How did Mowat find a boat maker in Muddy Hole?
5. What was the Passion Flower?
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