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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) Ella Girardin.
(b) Cleotine Baker.
(c) Maria Giarra.
(d) Theo and his wife.

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

3. What is a dory?
(a) The anchor.
(b) The cook stove.
(c) The rubber raft on board for emergencies.
(d) The small boat on the schooner.

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

5. For what port did Mowat and Mike take sail for their first travels together on the Happy Adventure?
(a) Spoon Cove, 30 miles away.
(b) Muddy Hole, 90 miles away.
(c) St. Pierre, 50 miles away.
(d) St. John's, 100 miles away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Itchy?

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

3. What are rounders?

4. Why did the Happy Adventure become a Basque ship while moored at St. Pierre?

5. What were Mowat and Mike forced to do when confronted with the BC.M.P.?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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. 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?

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. Who attended the private christening ceremony of the Happy Adventure? What happened at the ceremony that was of interest?

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?

(see the answer keys)

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