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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. When was the engine aboard Mowat's boat built?
(a) In the 1920s.
(b) In the 1950s.
(c) In the 1940s.
(d) In the 1960s.
2. What was Cape Pine?
(a) A bay filled with pine trees.
(b) A lodge on the northern shore.
(c) A bleak rock jutting out into the water.
(d) A town just north of Muddy Hole.
3. What did Mowat get on the shopping day in St. John's?
(a) An anchor and rope.
(b) Lumber for repairing the boat.
(c) Six bottles of rum.
(d) A box of nails.
4. Who did Mowat credit as being a master improviser?
(a) Enos Coffin.
(b) Himself.
(c) Jack McClelland.
(d) Howard Morry.
5. What had the Windsor family operated for generations?
(a) A bar and restaurant.
(b) A whaling factory.
(c) A motel and inn.
(d) A fish cannery.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was Jennie Barnes?
2. Who is Jack McClelland?
3. How much did Mowat pay for the boat he bought outside of Muddy Hole?
4. What kind of car did Jack rent in St John's to drive to Muddy Hole?
5. What did Jack do for most of the Happy Adventure's first voyage?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the ritual Mowat performed called the Old Man in the Sea? Where did he learn this?
2. How did Mowat know Jack McClelland? What did the two men decide to do after meeting at a bar one night?
3. What was the Passion Flower? How did it get its name? Why was it important to Mowat?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. Why did Mowat travel to St Johns? Who was Harold Hardwood?
7. Who was Wilbur, and how did Mowat meet him? What did he learn about Wilbur when the two finally arrived in St. John's?
8. Where was Trespassey? What other name is Trespassey known by and why?
9. Who was Howard Morry? How did Mowat meet him?
10. What else besides the necessary tools and supplies did McClelland bring back from the Southern Shore? How did he plan to use this purchase? What actually happened?
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