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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Itchy?
(a) The nickname finally given to the Happy Adventures.
(b) The name of a nightclub.
(c) The nickname of a pickpocket Theo knew.
(d) The name of one of the workmen on the boat.

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) The boat was leaking, and the storm was coming.
(d) They were both hungry and tired of sailing for the day.

3. Who was Blanche?
(a) Paulo's dog.
(b) Theo's dog.
(c) Theo's wife.
(d) Mowat's cat.

4. Where did Mowat and Claire leave Itchy for the winter?
(a) Cape Breton.
(b) St Pierre.
(c) Muddy Hole.
(d) Milltown.

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

6. What was the new name given to the Happy Adventure?
(a) Itchatchozale Alai.
(b) Itchegoomi Alai.
(c) Itchizooma, Alai.
(d) Itchiandscratchi Alai.

7. What are rounders?
(a) Little cod that are marinaded in rum.
(b) Cod that has been pressed into large balls and boiled.
(c) Little cod that are sundried in the round.
(d) Pieces of cod that are formed into balls and fried.

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

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

10. 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) St. Pierre, 50 miles away.
(d) Muddy Hole, 90 miles away.

11. Where did Mowat and Claire decide to sail after they left the French waters outside of St. Pierre?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Cape Breton.
(c) Cape Gerald.
(d) Cape May.

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

13. Where did all the men go to celebrate the successful launching of the Happy Adventure?
(a) To the Cafe L'Escal.
(b) To the Diamant's deck.
(c) To Theo's house.
(d) To St. Pierre.

14. After casting about lost in fog and darkness, what did Mowat and Jack finally hear?
(a) A foghorn.
(b) "Ahoy there!"
(c) "Watch out!"
(d) Music from a shore.

15. Why did the Happy Adventure become a Basque ship while moored at St. Pierre?
(a) Because Mowat and Mike liked the colorful flags of the Basque mercantile marine.
(b) Because the chef was confused and thought it was a Basque ship.
(c) Because Mowat sold the boat to Theo when he was drunk one night.`
(d) Because Mowat had no official Newfoundland papers for the ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mowat see had happened to the stern of the Itchy over the winter?

2. How does a helmsman push the tiller to steer the boat?

3. What was Theo's boat named after?

4. What was alky and how was it distributed?

5. What did the three men Mowat left in charge of the Itchy do rather than tend to the boat?

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