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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the tall, lanky woman say is on Wood Island?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Treasure.
(c) Pirates.
(d) Giants.

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

11. How old does Sophie say Bompie was when he left England?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven

12. What does Sophie's father say about her trip?
(a) That he doesn't understand why she has to go.
(b) That it's something she just has to do.
(c) That he is afraid for what might happen to her.
(d) That he wishes he could go, too.

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

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

15. What does Sophie imagine being when she grows up, while visiting Seal Cove?
(a) A whaler.
(b) A salmon fisherman.
(c) A ship builder.
(d) A lobster fisherman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Sophie think Cody is a good teacher?

3. How old is Sophie?

4. What warps Sophie's sense of time?

5. What do the travelers use to practice juggling?

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