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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What overtook the men and their ship before reaching Trepassey Harbor?
(a) Drunkenness.
(b) The fog.
(c) A rain storm.
(d) Apathy.

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

3. How did Jack, Mowat, and their friends christen the Happy Adventure?
(a) They went into town and bought drinks for everyone in the bar.
(b) They sat in her cabin and toasted their new boat.
(c) They took her out in the bay and drank a toast.
(d) They hit the bow with a bottle of rum.

4. What kind of car did Jack rent in St John's to drive to Muddy Hole?
(a) A red jeep.
(b) A red covertible.
(c) A red Continental.
(d) A red Hummer.

5. What was the Passion Flower?
(a) Horwood's ten year old pickup truck.
(b) McClelland's boat.
(c) Mowat's fifteen year old pickup truck.
(d) Mowat's ten year old jeep wagon.

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

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

8. Who is Jack McClelland?
(a) Mowat's attorney.
(b) Mowat's publisher friend.
(c) Mowat's college roommate.
(d) Mowat's neighbor.

9. When did Mowat finally help Enos work on the boat?
(a) When Enos's helpers did not show up for work.
(b) When Enos needed an extra pair of hands.
(c) When he felt he had to finish the job himself.
(d) When he returned from St. Lawrence.

10. What was the William Carson?
(a) The ship that was anchored next to Mowat's new boat.
(b) The ferry that went to Newfoundland from Cape Breton.
(c) The ferry that sailed across the St Lawrence Seaway.
(d) The ship that sailed from Cape Breton to London.

11. What kind of fish did Morry and Mowat fish for early one morning?
(a) Sole.
(b) Cod.
(c) Salmon.
(d) Trout.

12. What was the Southern Shore bummer?
(a) The story about a ship wreck horwood told.
(b) The kind of ship Horwood found for Mowat.
(c) The name of the bar on the southern shore.
(d) The ship McClelland owned.

13. Who did Mowat think was an excellent choice for the pilot of their ship?
(a) Wilbur.
(b) Enos.
(c) Morry.
(d) Pat.

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

15. Who did Wilbur say he was when Mowat first met him?
(a) A short order cook.
(b) An old seaman.
(c) The local drunk.
(d) A car repairman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jack believe was the major problem the men faced in repairing the boat?

2. What was considered one of the toughest woods in the world?

3. How much did Mowat pay for the boat he bought outside of Muddy Hole?

4. What kind of plant pumped its waste into the water at the slip in which Mowat's boat rested?

5. What were the sails on Mowat's ship made of?

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