The Boat Who Wouldn't Float Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Boat Who Wouldn't Float Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days did it take Mowat to arrive in St. John's?
(a) Five days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Ten days.
(d) A week.

2. What was the original name for Mowat and Jack's boat?
(a) The Nancy Ann.
(b) The Ever Ready.
(c) The name was lost in the records of the ship.
(d) The Hallohans never gave the boat a name.

3. What was considered bad luck at the start of a voyage?
(a) Cloudy weather.
(b) Still waters.
(c) Farewells.
(d) Jumping fish.

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

5. Where did Wilbur ask Mowat to drop him off in St. John's?
(a) The main wharf in St. John's.
(b) A small bar in St. John's.
(c) His house in St. John's.
(d) St. John's Mental Hospital.

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

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

8. Who was Jennie Barnes?
(a) The ship that joined the Happy Adventure in the government wharf.
(b) The woman who helped the Happy Adventure out to sea.
(c) The new captain of the Happy Adventure.
(d) The ship that Mowat and Jack exchanged their ship for.

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

10. Why did Jack McClelland not arrive in St. John's by plane as he had planned?
(a) The fog was too dense.
(b) He decided he wanted to come by boat.
(c) There were mechanical problems on the plane.
(d) A hurricane was whipping up.

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

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

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 did Mowat describe the water leaking into his boat?
(a) It came thorugh every pore of the boat.
(b) It came in through the bow of the boat.
(c) It came in through the hole on the sdie of the boat.
(d) It came in up through the bottom of the boat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jack, Mowat, and their friends christen the Happy Adventure?

2. Who was the Man Who Gets Things Done?

3. Why was Jack unable to get a clerk to wait on him in the stores in St. John's?

4. What was Cape Pine?

5. What did Mowat say was missing from the peaceful harbor scene in Muddy Hole?

(see the answer keys)

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