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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. Why did Sophie's family move?
(a) Sophie's father wanted to be near his family.
(b) Sophie's father inherited a house.
(c) Sophie's mother got a new job.
(d) Sophie's mother missed the Kentucky mountains.

2. How does the narrator describe sailing?
(a) Like floating in nothingness.
(b) Like riding a wild beast.
(c) Like flying over the water.
(d) Like being inside a painting.

3. Where does Sophie live while working on the boat?
(a) Uncle Dock's cottage.
(b) Uncle Stew's house.
(c) Uncle Mo's apartment.
(d) A rented cabin by the docks.

4. How long has Sophie been living with her adopted parents?
(a) Four years.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) Three years.

5. How does Sophie feel about climbing all the way up to the bosun's chair?
(a) She is frightened to climb up.
(b) She is willing to climb up, but doesn't really care.
(c) She is excited to climb up.
(d) She doesn't let anyone know how she feels about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie say when Cody asks what happened to her parents?

2. Who ends up driving Sophie to Connecticut?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sophie's mother do?

3. What does Frank's wife call Sophie?

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

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

6. What does Uncle Dock call and tell Sophie about their planned departure?

7. What does Uncle Dock do, when the fog comes in, and how does it affect Sophie?

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

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

10. Describe the nightmare the narrator has.

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