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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who keeps yelling at Sophie to put away her journal?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her teachers.

5. What is the first leg of The Wanderer's planned journey?
(a) From Nantucket Island to Hilton Head Island.
(b) From Long Island Sound to Block Island.
(c) From Cape Fear Coast to Cumbrland Island.
(d) From Diamond Cove to Roanoke Island.

6. Why does Sophie think Cody is a good teacher?
(a) He makes funny jokes.
(b) He uses pictures to help teach.
(c) His lesson starts simply and gets more complicated.
(d) He teaches them a song to help them learn.

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

8. What does Sophie say when Cody asks what happened to her parents?
(a) She pretends she doesn't hear him.
(b) That she doesn't remember.
(c) That she doesn't want to talk about it.
(d) Nothing, that they're in Kentucky.

9. What does Cody find and give to Sophie?
(a) A bead necklace.
(b) A lump of gold ore.
(c) A broken watch.
(d) A string of shells.

10. What does Sophie think of Brian's lecture on points of sail?
(a) His lecture is too boring.
(b) His explanations are too complicated.
(c) His examples are too simplistic.
(d) He is helpful and informative.

11. What does Sophie say, when Cody is upset that his father berates him for going out to Wood Island?
(a) That Cody doesn't have to listen to him.
(b) That he's right, and they shouldn't have gone.
(c) That at least he's worried about Cody.
(d) That he doesn't know what he's talking about.

12. What material does the boat-maker use in a technique to help his work stay smooth?
(a) Canvas.
(b) Plastic wrap.
(c) Rubber.
(d) Steel wool.

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

14. What material does the boat-maker Cody, Brian, and Sophie visit mainly work with?
(a) Cedar.
(b) Oak.
(c) Aluminum.
(d) Fiberglass.

15. What does Brian accuse Sophie of lying about?
(a) Being able to sail the boat on her own.
(b) Having learned to sail when she was three.
(c) Catching a 20-pound fish.
(d) Going clamming with Bompie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie imagine being when she grows up, while visiting Seal Cove?

2. What does Uncle Stew call six to eight foot waves?

3. How old is Sophie?

4. What is Cody always doing while he works?

5. What is the hardest part of killing and cleaning a bluefish for Sophie?

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