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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 was considered bad luck at the start of a voyage?
(a) Jumping fish.
(b) Still waters.
(c) Farewells.
(d) Cloudy weather.

2. What was the Southern Shore bummer?
(a) The kind of ship Horwood found for Mowat.
(b) The ship McClelland owned.
(c) The name of the bar on the southern shore.
(d) The story about a ship wreck horwood told.

3. What was called the Country of the Masterless Men?
(a) The southern mointains.
(b) The northern mountains.
(c) The interior of the peninsula.
(d) The center of the country.

4. Who did Wilbur say he was when Mowat first met him?
(a) An old seaman.
(b) The local drunk.
(c) A car repairman.
(d) A short order cook.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was unusual about the bunks Enos built in the boat?

2. What did Mowat say was "by guess and by God?"

3. How did Mowat describe the water leaking into his boat?

4. Where did the Happy Adventure finally stop in Trepassey Harbor?

5. What ship did Jack and Mowat name their boat after?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Trespassey? What other name is Trespassey known by and why?

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

3. How much money did Mowat have to spend on a boat? What did he finally find in his price range, and where did he and Harold go to purchase the boat?

4. After Mowat and McClelland's boat was repaired, what did Enos do? Why did everyone think this unusual?

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. 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?

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

8. What was the ritual Mowat performed called the Old Man in the Sea? Where did he learn this?

9. What happened to the Happy Adventure on its first voyage? What was unusual about the boat's departure form the harbor?

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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