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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. What did the Moulton boys catch while fishing in the pond beyond the harbor?
(a) Speckled trout.
(b) Conch.
(c) Mackerel.
(d) Well-fed cod.

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

3. In what vehicle did Mike Donovan arrive in Spoon Cove?
(a) A Volkswagen.
(b) A jeep.
(c) A Buick convertible.
(d) A Cadillac.

4. What was rotting beneath the floorboards of the cabin of the boat?
(a) Food.
(b) Crabs.
(c) Mice.
(d) Rats.

5. What did the three men Mowat left in charge of the Itchy do rather than tend to the boat?
(a) They argued over who would be in command of the boat's watch.
(b) They sailed Itchy to Muddy Hole.
(c) They paid two young boys to watch over the boat.
(d) They left town and sold Itchy to a stranger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mowat say was the advantage of Mike being ignorant of the schooner and her history?

2. Who was Blanche?

3. What does barking do to the fish nets?

4. What news did Jack hear when he went below to listen to the weather report?

5. Why did Mowat and Jack decide they had to reach Little Burin Island?

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. Chapter 16 is titled "The Game Is Played." What was the game? Who played the game?

3. What plan did Mowat, Mike, Theo, and the others devise to redecorate the Itchy for her christening? Why did they come up with this plan?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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