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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cargo did Itchy take aboard in Miquelon?
(a) Water, food, and medicine.
(b) Rum, food, and bedding.
(c) Rum, wine, and brandy.
(d) Fresh fish, brandy, and gold.

2. Why was the cargo brought onto Itchy stored on the deck rather than below?
(a) So it would not keel over and break.
(b) So it was readily available to the crew.
(c) So it could easily be jettisoned if necessary.
(d) So it would not get wet below.

3. What did the people of Newfoundland refer to as "the game"?
(a) Keeping drugs out of the country.
(b) The war against smuggling.
(c) Permitting off-season hunting.
(d) The movement for game fishing.

4. What did the three men Mowat left in charge of the Itchy do rather than tend to the boat?
(a) They argued over who would be in command of the boat's watch.
(b) They left town and sold Itchy to a stranger.
(c) They sailed Itchy to Muddy Hole.
(d) They paid two young boys to watch over the boat.

5. What was Mike Donovan's job on the mainland?
(a) He was a missionary.
(b) He was as assistant librarian.
(c) He was a master boat builder.
(d) He was the Director of Libraries.

6. What was rotting beneath the floorboards of the cabin of the boat?
(a) Crabs.
(b) Food.
(c) Rats.
(d) Mice.

7. Who did Mowat hire to watch Itchy for the winter months?
(a) Theo and Mike.
(b) Mike, Paulo, and Pablo.
(c) Theo, Paulo, and Martin.
(d) Theo, Pablo, and Ranger.

8. What did Paulo mount to the bow of his boat?
(a) A brass bell taken from Theo's house.
(b) A brass cannon taken from the governor's house.
(c) A brass candelabra taken from the mayor's house.
(d) A brass hammer taken from Paulo's father.

9. What news did Jack hear when he went below to listen to the weather report?
(a) A tropical storm warning had been issued.
(b) A typhoon was headed to Newfoundland.
(c) The weather was perfect for sailing on.
(d) Winds were to die down to two knots.

10. What did the Happy Adventure come within fifty yards of hitting in the fog?
(a) A schooner.
(b) A fishing boat.
(c) An oceanliner.
(d) A whale.

11. When Mowat arrived in St Pierre, who did he find waiting for him.
(a) Theo.
(b) No one.
(c) Theo and Ella.
(d) Ella and a few townspeople.

12. Where did Jack hid his rum bottles?
(a) In the lazaret.
(b) Under a pile of rags in the engine room.
(c) Under a pile of clothes in his bunk.
(d) In a chest in the corner of the engine room.

13. Who did Mowat say Theo resembled?
(a) Churchill and Rommell.
(b) Truman and Roosevelt.
(c) Churchill and Roosevelt.
(d) Roosevelt and Rommell.

14. What do the people living near Bay d'Espoir call the bay?
(a) Bay of Tears.
(b) Bay of Hope.
(c) Bay Crystal.
(d) Bay Despair.

15. Who presided over the formal baptism of the newly repaired and painted Happy Adventure?
(a) A Catholic Bishop.
(b) A town judge.
(c) A local minister.
(d) A Dominican Father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did all the men go to celebrate the successful launching of the Happy Adventure?

2. Who gave a gala reception at L'Escal?

3. What happen to the Happy Adventure's supply of fresh water?

4. Why did the Happy Adventure become a Basque ship while moored at St. Pierre?

5. What did Mowat step on in the middle of the night aboard the Happy Adventure?

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