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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Dock's story about the little girl, who does the girl go to live with immediately after her parents die?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) A foster family.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. In Sophie's story, what do Bompie and his father do after Bompie brings his father a pie?
(a) They hug.
(b) They argue.
(c) They cry.
(d) They laugh.

3. What breaks in the wind?
(a) The jib.
(b) The main boom.
(c) The masthead.
(d) The spreader.

4. When Cody first thinks he spots land, what does it turn out to be?
(a) An iceberg.
(b) A fog bank.
(c) A ship.
(d) A cloud.

5. How many miles has The Wanderer traveled, at the beginning of Chapter 35?
(a) Around 1,800.
(b) Around 1,300.
(c) Around 2,300.
(d) Around 800.

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

7. What is the difference between the wave in Sophie's dream and the wave that hit the boat?
(a) Its shape.
(b) Its size.
(c) Its color.
(d) Its texture.

8. What animals come to The Wanderer on its way out of the Bay of Fundy?
(a) Tuna.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Dophins.
(d) Seals.

9. What kind of knot does Cody learn from Sophie?
(a) A clove hitch.
(b) A double constrictor knot.
(c) A power cinch.
(d) An alpine coil.

10. In Sophie's story, how does the little kid feel when people say the kid's parents have gone to heaven, a wonderful place?
(a) Angry.
(b) Abandoned.
(c) Contented.
(d) Suspicious.

11. What did Cody's dad ask him after getting off the phone with Cody's mother?
(a) Where's Sophie?
(b) Don't you have chores?
(c) What are you looking at?
(d) Want a pizza?

12. How fast are the winds?
(a) Fifty knots.
(b) Sixty knots.
(c) Seventy knots.
(d) Forty knots.

13. Who ends up staying behind to start the repair work on The Wanderer?
(a) Uncle Stew.
(b) A hired man.
(c) Uncle Dock.
(d) Uncle Mo.

14. Who brings Bompie an apple pie?
(a) Uncle Mo.
(b) Uncle Stew.
(c) Uncle Dock.
(d) Cody.

15. In the two-person watches at the beginning of the ocean voyages, who is Sophie on duty with?
(a) Uncle Mo.
(b) Uncle Stew.
(c) Cody.
(d) Uncle Dock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Mo say that his job is?

2. What does Brian call the little black bird?

3. Where does Cody sleep on his first night at Bompie's house?

4. What does Cody tell his father, as the sail-less boat is whipped by the waves?

5. How does Cody feel about his father's lessons in radio code?

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