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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ship did Jack and Mowat name their boat after?
(a) Peter Easton's ship.
(b) The Halloran brother's ship.
(c) The Queen Mary.
(d) A toy ship Jack once had as a child.

2. What was the original name for Mowat and Jack's boat?
(a) The Hallohans never gave the boat a name.
(b) The name was lost in the records of the ship.
(c) The Nancy Ann.
(d) The Ever Ready.

3. What was the original name given to Ferryland?
(a) Fairyland.
(b) Feriland.
(c) Fervilan.
(d) Farillon.

4. What were the sails on Mowat's ship made of?
(a) 8 gauge canvas.
(b) Nylon and rope.
(c) 14 gauge canvas.
(d) Nylon and plastic cable.

5. Who was the Man Who Gets Things Done?
(a) Paddy Hallohan.
(b) Jack McClelland.
(c) Mark Horwood.
(d) Farley Mowat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the men work on the Happy Adventure in Trepassey?

2. Who did Mowat credit as being a master improviser?

3. Why was Jack unable to get a clerk to wait on him in the stores in St. John's?

4. How many daughters did Enos Coffin have?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mowat realize when he arrived in Muddy Hole to take over his boat? Why was Mowat upset and worried?

2. Who was Enos? What agreement had he made with Mowat before the two men parted and Mowat returned to Toronto to get the Passion Flower?

3. Where did the men go to find the tools and supplies they could not readily find in St John's? How did Mowat travel to this alternate shopping area?

4. What was the Passion Flower? How did it get its name? Why was it important to Mowat?

5. Why did Mowat travel to St Johns? Who was Harold Hardwood?

6. How did Mowat know Jack McClelland? What did the two men decide to do after meeting at a bar one night?

7. Why did the author have a fear of auctions? How did he find himself at an auction as the story opened?

8. Whom did Mowat and McClelland select to be the captain of their boat? Why did they chose this individual?

9. What did Mowat and McClelland name their boat? Why did they choose this name?

10. What did McClelland do to reorganize the repair plan for the boat? What was the first thing he decided to change?

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