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

2. What happened to Morry's transcription of his memories of Ferryland?
(a) Morry lost the book when he moved.
(b) Children used it to start a bonfire.
(c) He destroyed it after writing it.
(d) Someone stole the book from the boat.

3. Who was Jennie Barnes?
(a) The new captain of the Happy Adventure.
(b) The ship that joined the Happy Adventure in the government wharf.
(c) The woman who helped the Happy Adventure out to sea.
(d) The ship that Mowat and Jack exchanged their ship for.

4. What overtook the men and their ship before reaching Trepassey Harbor?
(a) Drunkenness.
(b) Apathy.
(c) A rain storm.
(d) The fog.

5. Where did Mowat attend an auction as an adult?
(a) A small town near Lake Ontario.
(b) A small town near Lake Huron.
(c) A small town near Lake Erie.
(d) A small town near Lake Superior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was the boat Mowat purchased from the Hallohans?

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

3. What kind of fish did Morry and Mowat fish for early one morning?

4. What kind of plant pumped its waste into the water at the slip in which Mowat's boat rested?

5. Who did Mowat find cooking breakfast for him the morning after his first day's driving?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the crew working on the boat agree to McClelland's plan to streamline purchasing? What did McClelland learn about St. John's?

3. Who was Mike Donovan? Why did Mowat contact him?

4. What did the villagers bring the men to eat while they were living and working aboard the boat? What did Enos finally teach Mowat and McClelland to do with the abundance of food they were given?

5. 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?

6. How did Mowat finally purchase the boat? Who sold him the boat and under what circumstances?

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

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

9. Who was Howard Morry? How did Mowat meet him?

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

(see the answer keys)

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