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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What dreamer-like thing does Sophie's father often do?
(a) Invent strange machines.
(b) Draw fantastical pictures.
(c) Suggest going on exotic trips.
(d) Make up new business ideas.

4. Aside from Sophie, how many people are going on the sailing trip across the ocean?
(a) Six.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What does Uncle Stew call Sophie?
(a) The tag-along.
(b) The outsider.
(c) The orphan.
(d) The leftover.

12. Who is Sophie going to visit on the other side of the ocean?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her grandfather.

13. Where did Sophie and her family live previously?
(a) The coast of Virginia.
(b) The coast of Maine.
(c) The coast of Florida.
(d) The coast of South Carolina.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Sophie's friends react to her explaining about her relationship with the sea?

2. When is the expedition planning to set sail?

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

4. What does Uncle Dock plan to teach the others on the journey?

5. What reason does Uncle Mo give for not helping to clean?

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