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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who keeps looking over Sophie's shoulder while she tries to write in her journal in the car?
(a) Cody.
(b) Uncle Stew.
(c) Uncle Mo.
(d) Brian.

2. What does Sophie compare the experience of the wave to?
(a) Being baptized.
(b) Being in a washing machine.
(c) Being born.
(d) Being a fish.

3. What job does Uncle Stew get?
(a) A job with a company that tracks ocean temperatures.
(b) A job with a company that charts the ocean's bottom.
(c) A job with a company that makes sail boats.
(d) A job with a company that tracks fish populations.

4. Why does Sophie keep waking up Cody?
(a) She's having nightmares.
(b) She wakes him for his shift on watch.
(c) She keeps asking questions.
(d) She can't sleep.

5. Where does the crew of The Wanderer go to get food once they arrive on land?
(a) To a fast-food drive-through.
(b) To a pub.
(c) To a fancy restaurant.
(d) To a vending machine.

6. What does Uncle Stew really want to do for a living?
(a) He doesn't know.
(b) He wants to be a sailor.
(c) He wants to be a firefighter.
(d) He wants to be an artist.

7. What does Uncle Dock injure in the wave?
(a) His neck.
(b) His leg.
(c) His back.
(d) His arm.

8. Who gets into a fight, as the boat approaches land?
(a) Uncle Stew and Uncle Mo.
(b) Uncle Stew and Brian.
(c) Uncle Mo and Uncle Dock.
(d) Uncle Mo and Cody.

9. After the wave hits, who becomes "Mr. Fix-It"?
(a) Uncle Dock.
(b) Cody.
(c) Brian.
(d) Uncle Mo.

10. What name does Cody give the black bird that visits the boat?
(a) Caw-caw.
(b) Sweetie-pie.
(c) Little Peep.
(d) Baby Doll.

11. What does Cody's dad say about dolphins?
(a) Too bad they're just fish.
(b) Crazy life for a mammal.
(c) Makes you want to draw them.
(d) Makes you wish you were a fish.

12. What does Uncle Mo say that his job is?
(a) Artist.
(b) Plumber.
(c) Number-cruncher.
(d) Paper-pusher.

13. How does Cody feel about his father's lessons in radio code?
(a) He hates them.
(b) He enjoys them.
(c) He finds them boring.
(d) He is disinterested in them.

14. What does Cody do after dreaming about Sophie's story about Bompie and his father?
(a) Cody wakes up Sophie.
(b) Cody goes up and sits on the deck, staring at the water.
(c) Cody gets up and wanders restlessly around the boat.
(d) Cody wakes up his father.

15. What is Sophie doing that causes her to kneel on the deck just before she suddenly looks up and can't see anyone on deck?
(a) Fastening a line.
(b) Tying her shoe.
(c) Examining a pump.
(d) Repairing a leak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of ship does Cody contact?

2. What goes wrong with the boat's mainsail?

3. How does Rosalie appear, when the travelers arrive at the house where she is?

4. What does Brian accuse Sophie of, when she's upset about the job she gets?

5. In his story about Rosalie, what does Uncle Dock trade for a boat rental?

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