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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Sophie ask for more information about Rosalie and Uncle Dock?
(a) Cody.
(b) Uncle Mo.
(c) Uncle Stew.
(d) Uncle Dock.

2. How does Sophie sleep her first night on land?
(a) She can't sleep.
(b) She sleeps soundly.
(c) She falls asleep easily but wakes.
(d) She falls asleep easily but dreams.

3. When the winds pick up, what do the sailors do to the mainsail?
(a) They tie it to make it smaller.
(b) They let it out to make it bigger.
(c) They attach it to an additional sail.
(d) They bring it down and replace it with a wind-sail.

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

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

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

7. What color is the gigantic wave that approaches behind the boat while Sophie is watching and Cody is at the wheel?
(a) Gray.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Green.

8. After the wave hits, who pulls Sophie below the hatch?
(a) Brian.
(b) Uncle Mo.
(c) Uncle Stew.
(d) Uncle Dock.

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

10. Who decides to stay in England and take care of Bompie?
(a) Cody and Brian.
(b) Uncle Dock.
(c) Uncle Stew.
(d) Uncle Mo.

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

12. What level does Uncle Dock say the gale is?
(a) Force-nine.
(b) Force-eight.
(c) Force-eleven.
(d) Force-ten.

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

14. 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.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Mo give his family as presents?

2. When Cody's father tells him that Cody's been a good son and he's been a bad father, what does Cody think?

3. In Sophie's story, how does Bompie get back to Kentucky after his visit to the ocean?

4. What do the travelers eat on the bench near a London landmark?

5. How fast are the winds?

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