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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 does Uncle Mo do most of the time while the group is working on the boat?
(a) He lays in the sun and sleeps.
(b) He scrubs down the sides of the boat.
(c) He yells at his son.
(d) He walks around the boat making "hmm" noises.

2. What does Sophie say, when Cody is upset that his father berates him for going out to Wood Island?
(a) That Cody doesn't have to listen to him.
(b) That he doesn't know what he's talking about.
(c) That at least he's worried about Cody.
(d) That he's right, and they shouldn't have gone.

3. What one thing does Sophie like about moving?
(a) Seeing a new part of the country.
(b) Meeting new friends.
(c) Decorating a new room.
(d) Being able to start over from scratch.

4. What does Sophie's mother do when Sophie calls?
(a) She keeps repeating how great it is to talk to Sophie.
(b) She keeps bursting into tears.
(c) She just tells Sophie to talk.
(d) She asks endless questions.

5. What does the crew call the new bilge box?
(a) Bobby.
(b) Bebe.
(c) Bucky.
(d) Buddy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Uncle Mo give for not helping to clean?

2. In Sophie's story, what does Bompie's mother give him?

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

4. How old does Sophie say Bompie was when he left England?

5. Who or what calls to the narrator at the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Uncle Mo.

2. What does Uncle Dock give Sophie's mother, that encourages Sophie's mother to let her daughter go on the trip?

3. What does Sophie initially plan to do the last day of school?

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

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

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

7. What is the sail to Nova Scotia supposed to be like?

8. What does Sophie think of the Ohio River?

9. Describe Uncle Stew.

10. How do the three brothers react when Brian asks if Stew has heard Sophie's baptism story before?

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