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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. Who is Sophie going to visit on the other side of the ocean?

2. How does Sophie's mom say that Bompie remembers his stories?

3. Which of the following is not one of the sides of Sophie?

4. Who does most of the cooking and cleaning on the ship?

5. What do the two girls on the beach ask Cody and Brian?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cody's mom tell him when he talks to her on the phone?

2. In Cody's journal, how does he describe his mother?

3. What does Sophie think of the boat when she first sees it?

4. How does Brian act when he walks on the beach with Cody and Sophie?

5. What does Frank's wife call Sophie?

6. What habit of speech does Cody have that annoys most of the people on the boat?

7. What is the sail to Nova Scotia supposed to be like?

8. What does Uncle Dock call and tell Sophie about their planned departure?

9. What does Uncle Dock give Sophie's mother, that encourages Sophie's mother to let her daughter go on the trip?

10. How do the three brothers react when Brian asks if Stew has heard Sophie's baptism story before?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Wanderer deals with dangerous situations, and the characters all face death. Discuss the life-and-death struggles in the novel.

1) How do the characters change when they're faced with life-and-death situations? How does Cody change? How does Sophie change? How do the uncles change?

2) How do the characters respond differently to danger toward themselves and toward others?

3) What do life-and-death encounters reveal about the characters' relationships? How do characters' relationships change during the life-and-death struggle of the storm?

Essay Topic 2

"The Wanderer" contains many instances of conflict. Discuss the three types of conflict in the novel.

1) What conflicts in the novel are Man versus Man? How are these conflicts significant in the novel?

2) What conflicts in the novel are Man versus Nature? How are these conflicts significant in the novel?

3) What conflicts in the novel are Man versus Himself? How are these conflicts significant in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

The characters argue with each other throughout the novel. Discuss the significance of arguments in the novel.

1) Why do some characters argue more than others? What causes Mo and Stew to argue? What causes Brian and Cody to argue?

2) What causes conflict and argument between Mo and Cody? What does this say about their relationship as father and son?

3) How are arguments different before the major storm, during the storm, and after the storm?

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