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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the word for D in radio code?
(a) Dock.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Delta.
(d) David.

2. What kind of "life insurance" does Sophie imagine getting at the end of Chapter 33?
(a) Insurance that life will be long.
(b) Insurance that life will be interesting.
(c) Insurance that life will be quiet and stable.
(d) Insurance that life will be happy.

3. After the wave hits, who pulls Sophie below the hatch?
(a) Brian.
(b) Uncle Dock.
(c) Uncle Stew.
(d) Uncle Mo.

4. Who does Sophie ask for more information about Rosalie and Uncle Dock?
(a) Uncle Mo.
(b) Uncle Dock.
(c) Cody.
(d) Uncle Stew.

5. What do the voyagers conclude that the blips they're seeing on their radar are?
(a) Small boats.
(b) Rain clouds.
(c) Whales.
(d) Wind funnels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of ship does Cody contact?

2. In Sophie's story, where does Bompie go to see the ocean?

3. In Sophie's story, how does the little kid feel when people say the kid's parents have gone to heaven, a wonderful place?

4. Who answers the door at Bompie's house?

5. Who ends up staying behind to start the repair work on The Wanderer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What theory about death and life do Cody and Sophie discuss?

2. What does Sophie hear when Cody is actually asking about her harness?

3. As Dock tells his story of the little girl, what does Cody realize about Sophie's stories?

4. How does Sophie feel about seeing Bompie, as the travelers near their destination?

5. What is the weather like, the first night on the open ocean?

6. What are Sophie and Uncle Dock's attitudes toward the autohelm?

7. What happens to Bompie in the story of the swimming hole?

8. How does Sophie describe the color of the sea?

9. What do Stew and Mo argue about?

10. What is the significance of the stops the boat makes before setting out to sea?

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