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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Jack drive his car into upon arriving at Muddy Hole?
(a) A house.
(b) A lake.
(c) A sheep shed.
(d) A horse barn.
2. Where did the men begin having troubles with the Happy Adventure?
(a) Near Cape Trepassey,
(b) Near Cape Race.
(c) Near Cape St John.
(d) Near Cape May.
3. What overtook the men and their ship before reaching Trepassey Harbor?
(a) The fog.
(b) Apathy.
(c) A rain storm.
(d) Drunkenness.
4. What colors were painted on Enos's house?
(a) Orange, blue, and yellow.
(b) Yellow, green, and white.
(c) Puce, yellow, and red.
(d) Blue, white, and green.
5. Who was Mike Donovan?
(a) The Director of Provincial Library Services in St John's.
(b) The skilled navigator of a government boat.
(c) The engine repair man Mowat found to fix the boat's engine.
(d) The man who originally built the Happy Adventure.
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 major crop on the Southern Shore of Newfoundland?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Onions.
(d) Beets.
8. What was the original name given to Ferryland?
(a) Fairyland.
(b) Feriland.
(c) Farillon.
(d) Fervilan.
9. What kind of car did Jack rent in St John's to drive to Muddy Hole?
(a) A red jeep.
(b) A red Continental.
(c) A red Hummer.
(d) A red covertible.
10. What color was the boat Mowat purchased from the Hallohans?
(a) Blue and white.
(b) White.
(c) A vile color green.
(d) A deep black.
11. What did Jack do for most of the Happy Adventure's first voyage?
(a) Poured rum for the two men.
(b) Tried to start the stubborn engine.
(c) Pumped water out of the leaking boat.
(d) Worked the sails.
12. Who did Mowat credit as being a master improviser?
(a) Jack McClelland.
(b) Himself.
(c) Howard Morry.
(d) Enos Coffin.
13. What was unusual about the bunks Enos built in the boat?
(a) They were hard and short.
(b) They were slanted and splintery.
(c) They were slanted and soft.
(d) They were comfortable.
14. 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.
15. How long did the men work on the Happy Adventure in Trepassey?
(a) Just a few days.
(b) Over a month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) About a week.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Enos always do at times of stress?
2. What happened to Morry's transcription of his memories of Ferryland?
3. What was the Black Joke?
4. What did Mowat say was "by guess and by God?"
5. How did the Happy Adventure leave harbor on her first voyage?
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