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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 gave a gala reception at L'Escal?
(a) Theo and his wife.
(b) Ella Girardin.
(c) Cleotine Baker.
(d) Maria Giarra.

2. What did Mowat step on in the middle of the night aboard the Happy Adventure?
(a) Theo sleeping.
(b) Blanche sleeping.
(c) A swarm of beetles.
(d) A box of live crabs.

3. Where did Jack hid his rum bottles?
(a) Under a pile of clothes in his bunk.
(b) Under a pile of rags in the engine room.
(c) In the lazaret.
(d) In a chest in the corner of the engine room.

4. What was the last name of many of the young boys who wanted to help Mowat with the Happy Adventure?
(a) Martin.
(b) Moulton.
(c) Mousse.
(d) Marlon.

5. Where did Mowat and Claire leave Itchy for the winter?
(a) Muddy Hole.
(b) Milltown.
(c) St Pierre.
(d) Cape Breton.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mowat unload the passengers he had taken for a test run of the Itchy?

2. When did Claire arrive in St Pierre?

3. What did the people of Newfoundland refer to as "the game"?

4. What was alky and how was it distributed?

5. What do the people living near Bay d'Espoir call the bay?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Where did Mowat and McClelland decide to sail, instead of sailing the Atlantic? Why did they choose that destination?

3. 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?

4. What was the Oregon? How did Theo help save the Oregon?

5. When did Mike Donovan arrive to stay on the Happy Adventure? What was unusual about what Mike brought with him on the trip? What did he contribute?

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

7. How did the people on the island celebrate the public christening of the ship?

8. On their way to St. Pierre, what sea creatures did Mowat and Donovan encounter? What large sea creature did the men think might capsize their boat? What was it, actually?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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