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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uncle Dock plan to teach the others on the journey?
(a) How to read charts.
(b) How to navigate by the stars.
(c) How to read the weather.
(d) How to fly fish.

2. What does Sophie wonder about Cody?
(a) If he has any brains.
(b) How he stands his father.
(c) If he has had a girlfriend.
(d) How he feels about her.

3. What does Cody call the two girls he sees walking down the beach toward him?
(a) Mermaids.
(b) Chicks.
(c) Wildlife.
(d) Fillies.

4. What do the two girls on the beach ask Cody and Brian?
(a) How long they're staying for.
(b) Where they come from.
(c) What time it is.
(d) Which way town is.

5. What does Uncle Stew say when Brian asks what happened to Sophie's real parents?
(a) Not to talk about it.
(b) That it's none of Brian's business.
(c) That he doesn't know.
(d) That he won't tell.

6. What does Sophie throw out over the water, after Brian makes a comment about Sophie's mother?
(a) A rock.
(b) A locket.
(c) A shell.
(d) A watch.

7. What does one of Sophie's friends complain being on a boat would be like?
(a) Being on a roller coaster.
(b) Being at a job.
(c) Being watched all the time.
(d) Being a prisoner.

8. How does Sophie feel about climbing all the way up to the bosun's chair?
(a) She is frightened to climb up.
(b) She is excited to climb up.
(c) She doesn't let anyone know how she feels about it.
(d) She is willing to climb up, but doesn't really care.

9. What does Sophie's father say about her trip?
(a) That he doesn't understand why she has to go.
(b) That he is afraid for what might happen to her.
(c) That he wishes he could go, too.
(d) That it's something she just has to do.

10. What does Cody think about all the stops The Wanderer makes?
(a) He worries that the stops are setting them behind schedule.
(b) He thinks they should stay longer at their destinations.
(c) He thinks Uncle Dock seems to be stalling the main voyage.
(d) He thinks the stops are perfect.

11. What color is the sky when The Wanderer arrives at Seal Cove?
(a) Deep blue and black.
(b) Yellow and orange.
(c) Rose and lavender.
(d) Grey and white.

12. What insult do Cody and Brian call each other after the baptism celebration?
(a) Sour pus.
(b) Knuckleheaded doofus.
(c) Ignoramus stupid-head.
(d) No-good no-nothing know-it-all.

13. Why did some people object to the narrator sailing?
(a) They said she was too clumsy.
(b) They said she was too inexperienced.
(c) They said she was too young.
(d) They said she was too aloof.

14. What temperature is it most days, while Sophie and her relatives are working on the boat?
(a) Eighty-five.
(b) Sixty-five.
(c) Ninety-five.
(d) Seventy-five.

15. How old does Sophie say Bompie was when he left England?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Seven

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first leg of The Wanderer's planned journey?

2. What does Sophie's mother do when Sophie calls?

3. What is Uncle Mo's name short for?

4. What does Cody offer to teach the others on the trip?

5. What does Sophie want to fix on the boat?

(see the answer keys)

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