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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Claire arrive in St Pierre?
(a) In later June.
(b) At the end of September.
(c) In early May.
(d) In the last week of July.

2. Why did Mowat and Jack decide they had to reach Little Burin Island?
(a) The fog had lifted, and they could find their way.
(b) It had started to rain heavily, and the boat took in water.
(c) They were both hungry and tired of sailing for the day.
(d) The boat was leaking, and the storm was coming.

3. What broke on the Happy Adventure as she continued to sail out into the ocean?
(a) The engine refused to restart.
(b) The mast broke off of the ship.
(c) The engine flooded and gave out.
(d) The exhaust stack separated from the engine.

4. What did Mike and Mowat learn was really the cargo aboard their boat?
(a) Crates filled with rocks.
(b) Crates filled with alcohol.
(c) Crates filled with cement.
(d) Crates filled with sand.

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

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

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

8. What did Mowat encounter while he was under water repairing the propeller?
(a) A daulphin.
(b) A seal.
(c) A puffin.
(d) A shark.

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

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

11. How did Mowat unload the passengers he had taken for a test run of the Itchy?
(a) He dropped them off on the other side of the island.
(b) He dropped them off in Colombier.
(c) He sailed to Nova Scotia and left them there.
(d) He put them on a dory outside of Colombier.

12. What did Mowat see had happened to the stern of the Itchy over the winter?
(a) It appeared to be partially chewed off.
(b) It was painted dark black.
(c) It was painted bright yellow.
(d) It was totally missing from the ship.

13. For what port did Mowat and Mike take sail for their first travels together on the Happy Adventure?
(a) St. John's, 100 miles away.
(b) Spoon Cove, 30 miles away.
(c) Muddy Hole, 90 miles away.
(d) St. Pierre, 50 miles away.

14. Who did Mike and Mowat encounter in the fog while drifting in the Atlantic?
(a) The ship Blue Iris.
(b) The ship Crimson Tide.
(c) The ship Black Night.
(d) The ship Brown Bear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were some of the new colors painted on to the Happy Adventure?

2. Where did Jack hid his rum bottles?

3. What is a dory?

4. What did Mowat say was the advantage of Mike being ignorant of the schooner and her history?

5. Who presided over the formal baptism of the newly repaired and painted Happy Adventure?

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