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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 did holy water fly around the cabin of the Happy Adventure during the baptism?
(a) The priest spilled it while opening the flask.
(b) The priest tripped.
(c) The priest sneezed.
(d) The priest fell down.

2. What does barking do to the fish nets?
(a) Keeps them from being eaten by the larger fish.
(b) Keeps them from rotting when under water.
(c) Keeps them from tangling under water.
(d) Keeps them from being eaten by birds.

3. What broke on the Happy Adventure as she continued to sail out into the ocean?
(a) The exhaust stack separated from the engine.
(b) The mast broke off of the ship.
(c) The engine flooded and gave out.
(d) The engine refused to restart.

4. What did Paulo mount to the bow of his boat?
(a) A brass cannon taken from the governor's house.
(b) A brass bell taken from Theo's house.
(c) A brass candelabra taken from the mayor's house.
(d) A brass hammer taken from Paulo's father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jack do at Burin Cove?

2. What was the last name of many of the young boys who wanted to help Mowat with the Happy Adventure?

3. Where did the crew decide to sail the boat after her christening?

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

5. What island did Mowat and Jack choose as their new destination?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. When sailing aboard the Happy Adventure toward their chosen destination, who did Mowat and Jack meet in St Mary's Bay, and what did they learn at that moment?

3. At what point did Mike Donovan leave the Itchy and why? How did he feel about separating from the boat and her crew?

4. Why did Mowat leave his boat in St. Pierre? With whom did he leave the Itchy?

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

6. 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?

7. Why did Mowat finally give up his plan to sail the Atlantic?

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

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

10. 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?

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