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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What similarity does Brian notice and comment on among Sophie's Bompie stories?
(a) Bompie always tells the truth about his accidents.
(b) Bompie always disobeys his father.
(c) Bompie always gets into trouble in water.
(d) Bompie always creates conflict with other people.

2. What does Sophie do when she finally realizes that she's telling Bompie her own story?
(a) She starts to cry.
(b) She runs out of the room.
(c) She starts to scream.
(d) She faints.

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

4. In Sophie's story, where does Bompie go to see the ocean?
(a) Maine.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Virginia.

5. 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) Examining a pump.
(b) Tying her shoe.
(c) Repairing a leak.
(d) Fastening a line.

6. What does Brian say he felt like when the wave hit?
(a) A turnip in a soup-pot.
(b) A mouse trapped by a cat.
(c) Ice cream in a blender.
(d) A chicken in a meat market.

7. Where is Rosalie leaving for?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

8. Why does Uncle Stew order Cody to turn off the electrics?
(a) To save on power.
(b) So they don't interfere with other ships.
(c) So they don't attract lightning.
(d) To lessen the danger from water that sloshes on deck.

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

10. What purpose do end knots serve?
(a) To stop lines from pulling away from the deck fastenings.
(b) To stop lines from slipping through gromments.
(c) To secure lines to the mast.
(d) To secure lines to each other.

11. When Cody's father tells him that Cody's been a good son and he's been a bad father, what does Cody think?
(a) Cody thinks he's right.
(b) Cody thinks he's wrong, that Cody hasn't been a good son.
(c) Cody thinks he's wrong, that his father hasn't been so bad.
(d) Cody thinks he's wrong, that he's been a bad son and his father hasn't been so bad.

12. Where are Sophie and Cody, when Sophie tell him the story of Bompie at the ocean?
(a) In the galley.
(b) At the masthead.
(c) In their bunks.
(d) At the helm.

13. What does Brian accuse Sophie of, when she's upset about the job she gets?
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Weakness.
(c) Childishness.
(d) Selfishness.

14. On Sophie's first night home, what food does her dad make?
(a) Steak kabobs.
(b) Blackened catfish.
(c) Pork chops.
(d) Barbequed chicken.

15. What do the crew do to practice radio code?
(a) Have special radio-code conversations a half-hour a day.
(b) Call each other by abbreviated radio-code versions of their names.
(c) Ask for food by radio-code names.
(d) Make fake radio-code calls to each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the voyagers conclude that the blips they're seeing on their radar are?

2. What job does Sophie always end up with in the windstorm?

3. When Cody first thinks he spots land, what does it turn out to be?

4. What does Uncle Stew really want to do for a living?

5. In Dock's story about the little girl, who does the girl go to live with immediately after her parents die?

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