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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. Who did Mowat find cooking breakfast for him the morning after his first day's driving?
(a) A college roommate.
(b) An off duty police officer.
(c) A local pig farmer.
(d) A total stranger.

2. What were the three rules of rum in Newfoundland?
(a) Put out all of the rum, let one person open each bottle, recork when finished.
(b) Chill the rum for 12 hours, do not recork after opening, show three bottles at a time.
(c) Open the bottle as soon as it is put out, do not recork, put out one bottle at a time.
(d) Open only aged rum and recork after each round, never put out two whole bottles.

3. How long did the men work on the Happy Adventure in Trepassey?
(a) Just a few days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) About a week.
(d) Over a month.

4. What did Mowat refer to as the most salient quality of Newfoundlanders?
(a) Optimism.
(b) Delusion.
(c) Pessimism.
(d) Realism.

5. What was the Black Joke?
(a) An infamous slave ship running between Virginia and West Africa.
(b) An infamous trading ship running between China and London.
(c) An infamous steamliner running between Lisbon and Dover.
(d) An infamous pirate ship in the West Indies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What came special delivery to Mowat and Jack as they worked on their broken boat engine?

2. How did the Happy Adventure leave harbor on her first voyage?

3. What did Jack believe was the major problem the men faced in repairing the boat?

4. Who was the Man Who Gets Things Done?

5. How long was the passage across Newfoundland?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Muddy Hole a huge adjustment for McClelland?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

9. How did McClelland finally arrive at Muddy Hole? What happened when he arrived that surprised him?

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

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