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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Cape Pine?
(a) A bleak rock jutting out into the water.
(b) A bay filled with pine trees.
(c) A town just north of Muddy Hole.
(d) A lodge on the northern shore.

2. Who was Mike Donovan?
(a) The engine repair man Mowat found to fix the boat's engine.
(b) The man who originally built the Happy Adventure.
(c) The Director of Provincial Library Services in St John's.
(d) The skilled navigator of a government boat.

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

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

5. 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 fish plant.
(c) A cereal factory.
(d) A shoe factory.

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

7. What were the sails on Mowat's ship made of?
(a) Nylon and rope.
(b) 8 gauge canvas.
(c) 14 gauge canvas.
(d) Nylon and plastic cable.

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

9. 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 ship that sailed from Cape Breton to London.
(d) The ferry that sailed across the St Lawrence Seaway.

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

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

12. What ship did Jack and Mowat name their boat after?
(a) Peter Easton's ship.
(b) The Halloran brother's ship.
(c) The Queen Mary.
(d) A toy ship Jack once had as a child.

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

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

15. What was unusual about the bunks Enos built in the boat?
(a) They were comfortable.
(b) They were hard and short.
(c) They were slanted and soft.
(d) They were slanted and splintery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Southern Shore bummer?

2. What last thing did the old skipper do for Mowat and Jack before leaving the Harbor?

3. Who did Mowat think was an excellent choice for the pilot of their ship?

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

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

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