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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did the men begin having troubles with the Happy Adventure?
(a) Near Cape Trepassey,
(b) Near Cape St John.
(c) Near Cape May.
(d) Near Cape Race.

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

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

5. What are a ship's trials?
(a) The moorings.
(b) The problems that arrise during the sail.
(c) The anchor.
(d) The first tentative voyage.

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

7. How did the Happy Adventure leave harbor on her first voyage?
(a) Smoothly with sails unfurled.
(b) She did not; she crashed into rocks.
(c) With both sails and engine pushing her forward.
(d) Backwards under full sail.

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

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

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

11. 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 shoe factory.
(d) A cereal factory.

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

13. Where did Mowat attend an auction as an adult?
(a) A small town near Lake Ontario.
(b) A small town near Lake Superior.
(c) A small town near Lake Erie.
(d) A small town near Lake Huron.

14. How much did Mowat pay for the boat he bought outside of Muddy Hole?
(a) Less than five hundred dollars.
(b) Less than two hundred dollars.
(c) A thousand dollars.
(d) Less than a thousand dollars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car did Jack rent in St John's to drive to Muddy Hole?

2. Who was Mike Donovan?

3. What is screech?

4. Who was the Old Man of the Sea?

5. What did Jack drive his car into upon arriving at Muddy Hole?

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