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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 promise did John Smallwood make to his people when he took office?
2. Who was Blanche?
3. When the Happy Adventure sailed into the open waters, what happened to Mike?
4. Who did Mowat hire to watch Itchy for the winter months?
5. What kinds of things did Mowat have done to the Happy Adventure while they were in Spoon Cove?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the Oregon? How did Theo help save the Oregon?
2. Who was Blanche? What story did Paulo relate to Mowat about Blanche?
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. 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?
5. 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?
6. What did McClelland learn when he called his office from Burin Cove? How did his plans change after the phone call? What promise did he make to Mowat after the call?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. Why did Mowat finally give up his plan to sail the Atlantic?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who decided the Happy Adventure should attend Expo 67 in Montreal? How did Mowat originally react to the plan, and why did he change his mind? How did the townspeople react when they heard the Happy Adventure was going to sail to Montreal? How was Jack McClelland's reaction to this news typical of his personality?
Essay Topic 2
Howard Morry appeared in Mowat's book as a story teller extraordinaire. Who was Howard Morry? How did Mowat meet him, and what were the important stories Morry told that directly affected life aboard the Happy Adventure?
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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