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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the voyagers conclude that the blips they're seeing on their radar are?
(a) Small boats.
(b) Rain clouds.
(c) Whales.
(d) Wind funnels.

3. After the destructive wave hits the boat, how does Cody say he feels?
(a) As if he's a part of the ocean.
(b) As if he's in a prison.
(c) As if he's having a dream.
(d) As if he's watching a movie.

4. What does Sophie wish, as the travelers cross through Wales?
(a) That they would never see the sea again.
(b) That they would get to Bompie's quicker.
(c) That they would stop more.
(d) That they could go home.

5. What do Brian and Sophie notice about the dolphins?
(a) They seem afraid of the boat and its crew.
(b) They seem not to notice the boat and its crew.
(c) They seem to want to investigate the boat and its crew.
(d) They seem to trust the boat and its crew.

6. What poem does Dock recite from, when the boat reaches sight of land?
(a) Out of the Rolling Ocean, the Crowd.
(b) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
(c) The ocean said to me once.
(d) The Ocean's Song.

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

8. In his story about Rosalie, what does Uncle Dock trade for a boat rental?
(a) His tackle box.
(b) His fishing rod.
(c) His bicycle.
(d) His camera.

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

10. Where does Cody sleep on his first night at Bompie's house?
(a) On a rollaway bed.
(b) On the floor.
(c) On the couch.
(d) In a chair.

11. What does Brian insist Sophie is doing regarding her parents?
(a) Ignoring.
(b) Lying.
(c) Repressing.
(d) Forgetting.

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

13. What type of ship does Cody contact?
(a) A French cargo ship.
(b) An American cruise ship.
(c) A Canadian warship.
(d) A South American tanker.

14. 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 wrong, that his father hasn't been so bad.
(b) Cody thinks he's wrong, that Cody hasn't been a good son.
(c) Cody thinks he's right.
(d) Cody thinks he's wrong, that he's been a bad son and his father hasn't been so bad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The first night out on the ocean, what appears in the water around the boat?

2. Where is Rosalie leaving for?

3. What kind of "life insurance" does Sophie imagine getting at the end of Chapter 33?

4. What does Sophie compare the experience of the wave to?

5. After the wave hits, who becomes "Mr. Fix-It"?

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