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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 step on in the middle of the night aboard the Happy Adventure?
2. What news did Jack hear when he went below to listen to the weather report?
3. What was rotting beneath the floorboards of the cabin of the boat?
4. What did it mean to "slap a blanket on the schooner?"
5. What is a dory?
Short Essay Questions
1. How long did it take to repair the Itchy? From where did the money come to make the repairs? What new name did Mowat give the boat?
2. What surprise did Mowat and Mike find when they retired below the ship to sleep? Who had given the men this surprise, and what did Mowat do with the gift?
3. What was the Happy Adventure's new name after her christening? What did Mowat and Mike decide to call her for short? Why?
4. Why did Mowat leave his boat in St. Pierre? With whom did he leave the Itchy?
5. 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?
6. What was the Oregon? How did Theo help save the Oregon?
7. Who was Blanche? What story did Paulo relate to Mowat about Blanche?
8. On their way to St. Pierre, what sea creatures did Mowat and Donovan encounter? What large sea creature did the men think might capsize their boat? What was it, actually?
9. Where did Mowat and McClelland decide to sail, instead of sailing the Atlantic? Why did they choose that destination?
10. Who was Paulo? Where and how did Mowat meet him? What did he do for the Happy Adventure?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Who was Mike Donovan, and when did he appear in the story? How did Mowat describe him? What was his job at home, and how did Donovan explain his trip to Newfoundland to his bosses? What kind of personality is Donovan?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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