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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 ship did Mowat dream he was sailing?
2. When Mowat arrived in St Pierre, who did he find waiting for him.
3. What do the people living near Bay d'Espoir call the bay?
4. Where did all the men go to celebrate the successful launching of the Happy Adventure?
5. Where did the crew decide to sail the boat after her christening?
Short Essay Questions
1. When did Mike Donovan arrive to stay on the Happy Adventure? What was unusual about what Mike brought with him on the trip? What did he contribute?
2. Who joined Mowat and Mike aboard the Itchy before they set sail? What was this person doing on the island, and from where did this person originally come?
3. Who decided how the Happy Adventure was to be painted after her overhaul at Paulo's harbor? What colors were chosen for the boat? Who oversaw the painting of the boat?
4. What was the Happy Adventure's new name after her christening? What did Mowat and Mike decide to call her for short? Why?
5. Who was Blanche? What story did Paulo relate to Mowat about Blanche?
6. Why did Mowat leave his boat in St. Pierre? With whom did he leave the Itchy?
7. 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?
8. At what point did Mike Donovan leave the Itchy and why? How did he feel about separating from the boat and her crew?
9. Who was Paulo? Where and how did Mowat meet him? What did he do for the Happy Adventure?
10. Why did Mowat finally give up his plan to sail the Atlantic?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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