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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 it mean to "slap a blanket on the schooner?"
(a) Cover the boat for the winter.
(b) Arrest the boat.
(c) Give the boat a ticket.
(d) Take the boat to the nearest salvage yard.

2. What did Mike and Mowat learn was really the cargo aboard their boat?
(a) Crates filled with sand.
(b) Crates filled with rocks.
(c) Crates filled with cement.
(d) Crates filled with alcohol.

3. What was the last name of many of the young boys who wanted to help Mowat with the Happy Adventure?
(a) Mousse.
(b) Marlon.
(c) Martin.
(d) Moulton.

4. What did Mike say when he emerged form the freezing cold water in the harbor?
(a) "Wouldn't that be a silly boat for this schooner?"
(b) "Wouldn't that be a poor boat to sail in?"
(c) "Wouldn't that be a fine rig for swimmin' in the rain?"
(d) "Wouldn't that be great in the summer?"

5. How did Mowat and Mike meet the Manuel brothers?
(a) The brothers came onto their ship in the harbor.
(b) The brothers robbed Mowat and Mike.
(c) The brothers were walking on the pier.
(d) The brothers were at the christening party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the three men Mowat left in charge of the Itchy do rather than tend to the boat?

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

3. What were some of the new colors painted on to the Happy Adventure?

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

5. What symbiotic relationship did Mowat and Clarie witness while on their excursion on the Columbier?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

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. 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?

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