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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does Brian ask Cody?
(a) Whether Cody likes Sophie better than him.
(b) Whether Cody thinks they'll make it through the whole journey.
(c) Whether Cody'll let him read his journal.
(d) Whether Cody misses home yet.

2. How do Sophie's friends react to her explaining about her relationship with the sea?
(a) They get very excited and want to learn to sail.
(b) They are interested and want to know more.
(c) They are jealous.
(d) They don't understand.

3. What does Cody think about all the stops The Wanderer makes?
(a) He thinks they should stay longer at their destinations.
(b) He thinks the stops are perfect.
(c) He worries that the stops are setting them behind schedule.
(d) He thinks Uncle Dock seems to be stalling the main voyage.

4. What does Uncle Dock call the wind?
(a) A troubled goddess.
(b) A raging bull.
(c) A capricious lady.
(d) A fickle friend.

5. What does Sophie imagine being when she grows up, while visiting Seal Cove?
(a) A whaler.
(b) A lobster fisherman.
(c) A salmon fisherman.
(d) A ship builder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie throw out over the water, after Brian makes a comment about Sophie's mother?

2. What advice does Sophie give Cody when he feels stuck on Grand Manan?

3. What does Uncle Dock call the competitiveness among boat owners in Martha's Vineyard?

4. What does Sophie say, when Cody is upset that his father berates him for going out to Wood Island?

5. What does Uncle Stew call six to eight foot waves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What habit of speech does Cody have that annoys most of the people on the boat?

2. How does The Wanderer look, compared to the other boats in Martha's Vineyard?

3. What does the tall, lanky woman that Cody and Sophie meet show them?

4. In Cody's journal, how does he describe his mother?

5. What chore will Sophie have to take a turn at that she's not looking forward to?

6. How does Brian act when he walks on the beach with Cody and Sophie?

7. What does Cody's mom tell him when he talks to her on the phone?

8. Describe Uncle Stew.

9. What does Frank say happened to the bait in the empty pot?

10. What story does Sophie tell Cody about a little kid she knows?

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