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

2. What are fish flakes?
(a) Racks for drying fish.
(b) Fish that has been cured.
(c) Scales from fish that fall to the ground.
(d) Fish food.

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

4. What did Jack drive his car into upon arriving at Muddy Hole?
(a) A lake.
(b) A horse barn.
(c) A house.
(d) A sheep shed.

5. What had the Windsor family operated for generations?
(a) A whaling factory.
(b) A fish cannery.
(c) A motel and inn.
(d) A bar and restaurant.

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. 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.

8. What did Enos lose when he went into the woods to hunt caribou?
(a) He lost his glasses.
(b) He got lost.
(c) He shot his foot.
(d) He slept at home.

9. 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.

10. 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 Hummer.
(d) A red Continental.

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

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

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

14. What did Mowat get on the shopping day in St. John's?
(a) Six bottles of rum.
(b) Lumber for repairing the boat.
(c) A box of nails.
(d) An anchor and rope.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many daughters did Enos Coffin have?

2. What was the Passion Flower?

3. What did Enos always do at times of stress?

4. Who did Wilbur say he was when Mowat first met him?

5. What color was the boat Mowat purchased from the Hallohans?

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