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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Sophie give Cody when he feels stuck on Grand Manan?
(a) A bad attitude will make the good things that start to happen invisible.
(b) It's not where you're going that's important, it's how you get there.
(c) It's how you think about where you are that makes the difference between happy and sad.
(d) It's not where you are that's importnat, it's who you are.

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

3. Who ends up driving Sophie to Connecticut?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Both her parents.
(c) A friend of her parents.
(d) Her father.

4. How does the narrator describe sailing?
(a) Like riding a wild beast.
(b) Like being inside a painting.
(c) Like floating in nothingness.
(d) Like flying over the water.

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

6. Why does Brian think no one likes him?
(a) He thinks people misinterpret everything he says.
(b) He thinks he just doesn't understand how to talk to people.
(c) He thinks they're jealous of his intelligence.
(d) He has no idea why.

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

8. What does the crew call the new bilge box?
(a) Bobby.
(b) Bebe.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Bucky.

9. What does Stew say Claire thought of him and his brothers when she was young?
(a) That they were idyllic heroes.
(b) That they were aloof and mysterious.
(c) That they were snotty and disgusting.
(d) That they were plain and childish.

10. How old is Sophie?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Twelve.

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

12. Where did Joey find the boat he fixed up?
(a) A reef.
(b) A swamp.
(c) A lumberyard.
(d) A beach.

13. What does Cody think Sophie is afraid of?
(a) Water.
(b) Open spaces.
(c) The journey's end.
(d) Going home.

14. What is the hardest part of killing and cleaning a bluefish for Sophie?
(a) Filleting the fish.
(b) Breaking the spine.
(c) Bludgeoning the fish.
(d) Hauling in the fish.

15. When Cody asks Uncle Dock what happened to Sophie's parents, what does he say?
(a) He promised Sophie's adopted parents not to talk about it.
(b) He will tell Cody the story when Cody is older.
(c) He won't tell Cody the upsetting story.
(d) He doesn't know what happened to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What temperature is it most days, while Sophie and her relatives are working on the boat?

2. What material does the boat-maker use in a technique to help his work stay smooth?

3. What question does Brian ask Cody?

4. How does Sophie combat her uncles' objections to her going on the trip?

5. What does Uncle Mo do most of the time while the group is working on the boat?

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