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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 did Jack drive his car into upon arriving at Muddy Hole?
(a) A lake.
(b) A sheep shed.
(c) A horse barn.
(d) A house.
2. Who did Wilbur say he was when Mowat first met him?
(a) The local drunk.
(b) A car repairman.
(c) An old seaman.
(d) A short order cook.
3. What ship did Jack and Mowat name their boat after?
(a) The Queen Mary.
(b) The Halloran brother's ship.
(c) Peter Easton's ship.
(d) A toy ship Jack once had as a child.
4. What did Mowat's father buy at an auction when Mowat was a child?
(a) Antique furniture for their home.
(b) A tractor and other farm equipment.
(c) A Quick Bake cast iron oven for their kitchen.
(d) Bees and bee keeping equipment.
5. What color was the boat Mowat purchased from the Hallohans?
(a) A vile color green.
(b) A deep black.
(c) White.
(d) Blue and white.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many days did it take Mowat to arrive in St. John's?
2. How long did the boat maker think it would take to repair Mowat's boat?
3. What colors were painted on Enos's house?
4. What was considered bad luck at the start of a voyage?
5. How old was Howard Morry?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the ritual Mowat performed called the Old Man in the Sea? Where did he learn this?
2. What did McClelland do to reorganize the repair plan for the boat? What was the first thing he decided to change?
3. How did Mowat finally purchase the boat? Who sold him the boat and under what circumstances?
4. Where was Trespassey? What other name is Trespassey known by and why?
5. How did Mowat know Jack McClelland? What did the two men decide to do after meeting at a bar one night?
6. Why did Mowat travel to St Johns? Who was Harold Hardwood?
7. What did Mowat and McClelland name their boat? Why did they choose this name?
8. What happened to the Happy Adventure on its first voyage? What was unusual about the boat's departure form the harbor?
9. Why did the crew working on the boat agree to McClelland's plan to streamline purchasing? What did McClelland learn about St. John's?
10. Who was Wilbur, and how did Mowat meet him? What did he learn about Wilbur when the two finally arrived in St. John's?
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