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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did the Happy Adventure finally stop in Trepassey Harbor?
2. Why did Jack McClelland not arrive in St. John's by plane as he had planned?
3. Where did Mowat attend an auction as an adult?
4. How many days did it take Mowat to arrive in St. John's?
5. What was the Black Joke?
Short Essay Questions
1. How much money did Mowat have to spend on a boat? What did he finally find in his price range, and where did he and Harold go to purchase the boat?
2. What did McClelland do to reorganize the repair plan for the boat? What was the first thing he decided to change?
3. Who was Mike Donovan? Why did Mowat contact him?
4. Who was Enos? What agreement had he made with Mowat before the two men parted and Mowat returned to Toronto to get the Passion Flower?
5. Whom did Mowat and McClelland select to be the captain of their boat? Why did they chose this individual?
6. Who was Howard Morry? How did Mowat meet him?
7. Why did the author have a fear of auctions? How did he find himself at an auction as the story opened?
8. What was the ritual Mowat performed called the Old Man in the Sea? Where did he learn this?
9. What was the Passion Flower? How did it get its name? Why was it important to Mowat?
10. Why did Mowat travel to St Johns? Who was Harold Hardwood?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What was the Passion Flower? Describe the Passion Flower in detail. Who did it belong to? Why was it important? What did it look like? What special meaning did it have to Mowat?
Essay Topic 2
What was "the game?" How did it work, and who were the major players? Who was Mowat's partner when he played the game and what role did the two men play in the game?
Essay Topic 3
How did Mowat use both sarcasm and understatement as a form of humor? Give examples. What other kinds of humor did Mowat use in the telling of his story?
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