View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Mowat say Theo resembled?
(a) Truman and Roosevelt.
(b) Roosevelt and Rommell.
(c) Churchill and Rommell.
(d) Churchill and Roosevelt.

2. What news did Jack hear when he went below to listen to the weather report?
(a) A tropical storm warning had been issued.
(b) The weather was perfect for sailing on.
(c) A typhoon was headed to Newfoundland.
(d) Winds were to die down to two knots.

3. Why did the Happy Adventure become a Basque ship while moored at St. Pierre?
(a) Because Mowat and Mike liked the colorful flags of the Basque mercantile marine.
(b) Because Mowat had no official Newfoundland papers for the ship.
(c) Because the chef was confused and thought it was a Basque ship.
(d) Because Mowat sold the boat to Theo when he was drunk one night.`

4. When the Happy Adventure sailed into the open waters, what happened to Mike?
(a) He became excited and drank a glass of rum.
(b) He accidentally fell overboard.
(c) He became sick to his stomach and vomited overboard.
(d) He poured a glass of rum for the Old Man in the Sea.

5. What did the people of Newfoundland refer to as "the game"?
(a) The movement for game fishing.
(b) Keeping drugs out of the country.
(c) Permitting off-season hunting.
(d) The war against smuggling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mowat see had happened to the stern of the Itchy over the winter?

2. What cargo did Itchy take aboard in Miquelon?

3. Where did Jack hid his rum bottles?

4. What was one important thing the Itchy lacked?

5. What did Mike and Mowat learn was really the cargo aboard their boat?

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

3. 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?

4. Who was Blanche? What story did Paulo relate to Mowat about Blanche?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. 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?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,235 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample