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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. How long was the passage across Newfoundland?
2. How did Jack, Mowat, and their friends christen the Happy Adventure?
3. What did the American capitalist Cyrus Eaton welcome to Pugwash every year?
4. What kind of fish did Morry and Mowat fish for early one morning?
5. How did the Happy Adventure leave harbor on her first voyage?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Mowat and McClelland name their boat? Why did they choose this name?
2. What did the villagers bring the men to eat while they were living and working aboard the boat? What did Enos finally teach Mowat and McClelland to do with the abundance of food they were given?
3. What else besides the necessary tools and supplies did McClelland bring back from the Southern Shore? How did he plan to use this purchase? What actually happened?
4. What was the ritual Mowat performed called the Old Man in the Sea? Where did he learn this?
5. What did Mowat realize when he arrived in Muddy Hole to take over his boat? Why was Mowat upset and worried?
6. Why did Mowat travel to St Johns? Who was Harold Hardwood?
7. After Mowat and McClelland's boat was repaired, what did Enos do? Why did everyone think this unusual?
8. Where was Trespassey? What other name is Trespassey known by and why?
9. Who was Mike Donovan? Why did Mowat contact him?
10. How did Mowat know Jack McClelland? What did the two men decide to do after meeting at a bar one night?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Fog played a major role in the story Farley Mowat told about his adventures on the Happy Adventure. What two important kinds of fog were there in the story, and what role did each type play in the story?
Essay Topic 2
The Happy Adventure had a name change half way into the story. What was her new name? What did Mowat and Donovan say the name sounded like when they pronounced it? What did they call the boat instead? How was this an example of Mowat's temperament throughout most of his experience with his very temperamental boat?
Essay Topic 3
In the first few chapters of The Boat Who Wouldn't Float, how did the author set the stage for the story that was to follow? What hints did he give the reader about himself and his adventure in Newfoundland with his boat? Why is this devise successful in this book?
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