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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. When Cody asks Uncle Dock what happened to Sophie's parents, what does he say?
(a) He won't tell Cody the upsetting story.
(b) He promised Sophie's adopted parents not to talk about it.
(c) He doesn't know what happened to them.
(d) He will tell Cody the story when Cody is older.

2. Where do Cody and Sophie go, while Uncle Dock is tinkering with the electrics?
(a) To a bird sanctuary.
(b) To an art museum.
(c) To an old shipwreck.
(d) To an antiques gallery.

3. What do the travelers use to practice juggling?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Apples.
(c) Bags of pretzels.
(d) Hard rolls.

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

5. Which of the following is not one of the "lands" Sophie is usually in?
(a) Lala-land.
(b) Dreamland.
(c) Mule-land.
(d) Earthland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie wonder about Cody?

2. What is the hardest part of killing and cleaning a bluefish for Sophie?

3. What question does Brian ask Cody?

4. How does the narrator describe sailing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the nightmare the narrator has.

2. Why does everyone react strangely when Sophie explains what she plans to teach?

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

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

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

6. Describe Uncle Mo.

7. What does Sophie think of the Ohio River?

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

9. What does Sophie do after she and her relatives get The Wanderer into the water?

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

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