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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. What did Mowat say was "by guess and by God?"
2. What was the Black Joke?
3. Who was Peter Easton?
4. What kinds of things did Passion Flower carry back to Muddy Hole from St. Shotts?
5. What were the three rules of rum in Newfoundland?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Mowat know Jack McClelland? What did the two men decide to do after meeting at a bar one night?
2. Where was Trespassey? What other name is Trespassey known by and why?
3. How did Mowat finally purchase the boat? Who sold him the boat and under what circumstances?
4. What happened to the Happy Adventure on its first voyage? What was unusual about the boat's departure form the harbor?
5. What was the ritual Mowat performed called the Old Man in the Sea? Where did he learn this?
6. Where did the men go to find the tools and supplies they could not readily find in St John's? How did Mowat travel to this alternate shopping area?
7. How did McClelland finally arrive at Muddy Hole? What happened when he arrived that surprised him?
8. Why did Mowat travel to St Johns? Who was Harold Hardwood?
9. Why did the author have a fear of auctions? How did he find himself at an auction as the story opened?
10. Who was Mike Donovan? Why did Mowat contact him?
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
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 3
This story is a memoir of Mowat's adventures aboard his boat, the Happy Adventure. In what ways does a memoir differ from an autobiography? Why is The Boat Who Wouldn't Float a memoir rather than an autobiography? What changes would the author need to make in his book for it to be an autobiography?
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