2. Who writes down all the things that need to be fixed on the boat on a clipboard?
(a) Cody.
(b) Brian.
(c) Uncle Dock.
(d) Uncle Stew.

3. How does Bompie act when Sophie' mother calls him?
(a) He is elated and very talkative.
(b) He acts distracted, like something else is taking his attention.
(c) He doesn't seem to know who she is at first.
(d) He is depressed and reflective.

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

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

6. How long has Sophie been living with her adopted parents?
(a) Three years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Four years.
(d) One year.

7. What does Sophie want to fix on the boat?
(a) The sail.
(b) The mast.
(c) The bilge.
(d) The rudder.

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

9. 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 won't tell.
(d) That he doesn't know.

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

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

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

13. In the story Sophie tells, what does Bompie tell himself while he rushes to get to the other side of the river?
(a) Oh no, oh no!
(b) Mush-ye, mush-ye!
(c) Giddy-up, giddy-up!
(d) Gosh almighty, gosh almighty!

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

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