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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. Why did Mowat and Jack decide they had to reach Little Burin Island?
(a) It had started to rain heavily, and the boat took in water.
(b) The boat was leaking, and the storm was coming.
(c) They were both hungry and tired of sailing for the day.
(d) The fog had lifted, and they could find their way.

2. 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 fell down.
(c) The priest tripped.
(d) The priest sneezed.

3. What kinds of things did Mowat have done to the Happy Adventure while they were in Spoon Cove?
(a) A total cleaning both exterior and interior and fresh paint.
(b) Fresh paint and fresh rations.
(c) A total cleaning and a new bullgine.
(d) Fresh paint and new anchors.

4. Who was Blanche?
(a) Theo's wife.
(b) Mowat's cat.
(c) Theo's dog.
(d) Paulo's dog.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mowat say Theo resembled?

2. What did Jack do at Burin Cove?

3. How far away from Trepassey Harbor was the Happy Adventure's new destination?

4. Who did Mike and Mowat encounter in the fog while drifting in the Atlantic?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprise did Mowat and Mike find when they retired below the ship to sleep? Who had given the men this surprise, and what did Mowat do with the gift?

2. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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. Who joined Mowat and Mike aboard the Itchy before they set sail? What was this person doing on the island, and from where did this person originally come?

10. 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?

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