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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How do Sophie's friends react to her explaining about her relationship with the sea?
(a) They are jealous.
(b) They don't understand.
(c) They get very excited and want to learn to sail.
(d) They are interested and want to know more.

5. What warps Sophie's sense of time?
(a) The rhythm of the waves.
(b) Duty watches.
(c) Kitchen duty.
(d) The cloudy skies.

6. 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) Going clamming with Bompie.
(d) Catching a 20-pound fish.

7. 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 won't tell Cody the upsetting story.
(c) He will tell Cody the story when Cody is older.
(d) He doesn't know what happened to them.

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

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

10. In the story Sophie tells, what does Bompie use to try to cross the Ohio River?
(a) A train track.
(b) A fallen tree.
(c) An electrical wire.
(d) A freeway bridge.

11. What does Uncle Dock call the boat?
(a) His hobby.
(b) His pet.
(c) His monkey.
(d) His baby.

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

13. 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 snotty and disgusting.
(c) That they were aloof and mysterious.
(d) That they were plain and childish.

14. Which of the following is not one of the "lands" Sophie is usually in?
(a) Mule-land.
(b) Earthland.
(c) Dreamland.
(d) Lala-land.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brian plan to do, after Cody and Sophie get back from Wood Island?

2. What does Sophie wonder about Cody?

3. What color is the sky when The Wanderer arrives at Seal Cove?

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

5. In Sophie's story, why doesn't Bompie get along with the pastor?

(see the answer keys)

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