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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the travelers try to use for navigation after the wreckage of the storm?
(a) The GPS.
(b) The currents.
(c) The sun and moon.
(d) The sextant.

2. Does Bompie remember the stories Sophie tells him?
(a) No, except for one story.
(b) Yes, except for the parts about being in the water.
(c) Yes, he remembers everything Sophie recounts.
(d) No, he doesn't remember them at all.

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

4. What do Brian, Sophie, and Cody plan on calling their raft to sail on the Ohio River?
(a) The Blue Bopper II.
(b) The Sierra-Oscar.
(c) The Wanderer II.
(d) The Blue Bopper Wanderer.

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

6. What does the crew of The Wanderer do while they eat their food, after arriving on land?
(a) They sing a song.
(b) Nothing.
(c) They talk wildly among themselves.
(d) They tell their story to strangers.

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

8. What river do the travelers cross to get to England?
(a) The Dee River.
(b) The Wye River.
(c) The Severn River.
(d) The Avon River.

9. What is the trouble of the lone sailor the crew of The Wanderer talks to on the radio?
(a) He is ill and needs someone to cheer him up.
(b) He is having leakage and needs advice.
(c) He is having mechanical problems and needs someone to call the Coast Guard.
(d) He is having electrical trouble and needs to know his location.

10. In Sophie's story, how does Bompie get back to Kentucky after his visit to the ocean?
(a) He bicycles.
(b) He hitchhikes.
(c) He drives.
(d) He walks.

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

12. Who is the one person who doesn't cry in the midst of the storm?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Uncle Mo.
(c) Brian.
(d) Cody.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Brian and Sophie notice about the dolphins?

3. What does Cody's dad say about dolphins?

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

5. In Sophie's story, what do Bompie and his father do after Bompie brings his father a pie?

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