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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. How far away from Trepassey Harbor was the Happy Adventure's new destination?
(a) About a hundred and twenty miles.
(b) About a week's sail.
(c) About twelve hours.
(d) About seventy five miles.

2. What happen to the Happy Adventure's supply of fresh water?
(a) It leaked out into the ocean.
(b) Mike had forgotten to put the water on the boat.
(c) Mike accidenally poured it overboard.
(d) A loose hose came free and dumped the water into the bilges.

3. What did Mowat encounter while he was under water repairing the propeller?
(a) A shark.
(b) A daulphin.
(c) A puffin.
(d) A seal.

4. What ship did Mowat dream he was sailing?
(a) The Queen Elizabeth.
(b) The Queen Mary II.
(c) The Queen Anne.
(d) The Queen Mary.

5. How does a helmsman push the tiller to steer the boat?
(a) In the opposite direction he wants to go.
(b) To the right to turn right.
(c) In the same direction he wants to go.
(d) To the left to turn left.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were some of the new colors painted on to the Happy Adventure?

2. Why did Jack McClelland decide not to join Mowat for another season of sailing?

3. After casting about lost in fog and darkness, what did Mowat and Jack finally hear?

4. What did Mowat step on in the middle of the night aboard the Happy Adventure?

5. How did holy water fly around the cabin of the Happy Adventure during the baptism?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who decided how the Happy Adventure was to be painted after her overhaul at Paulo's harbor? What colors were chosen for the boat? Who oversaw the painting of the boat?

2. How long did it take to repair the Itchy? From where did the money come to make the repairs? What new name did Mowat give the boat?

3. What direction did the Happy Adventure insist on avoiding as Mowat sailed her for the years following the incident in St Pierre? What happened when he attempted to sail her in that direction? What became his cry as he realized the Happy Adventure had won the battle of directions?

4. When Jack went below to listen to the radio and help establish where they were, what did he learn from the radio news? What did they decide to do about their predicament?

5. After finding safe harbor for the night, who did Mowat and McClelland meet when they woke in the morning? What did the their unexpected visitor offer the two men?

6. What was the Happy Adventure's new name after her christening? What did Mowat and Mike decide to call her for short? Why?

7. What plan did Mowat, Mike, Theo, and the others devise to redecorate the Itchy for her christening? Why did they come up with this plan?

8. What did McClelland learn when he called his office from Burin Cove? How did his plans change after the phone call? What promise did he make to Mowat after the call?

9. When Mowat returned to St.Pierre in the spring, what did he learn about the men in whose charge he had left the Itchy? What condition was the boat in when Mowat found it?

10. Who was Paulo? Where and how did Mowat meet him? What did he do for the Happy Adventure?

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