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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 some people object to the narrator sailing?
(a) They said she was too young.
(b) They said she was too aloof.
(c) They said she was too inexperienced.
(d) They said she was too clumsy.

2. What does Brian accuse Sophie of lying about?
(a) Catching a 20-pound fish.
(b) Going clamming with Bompie.
(c) Being able to sail the boat on her own.
(d) Having learned to sail when she was three.

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

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

5. What is used to lift the boat into the water?
(a) A special dolly.
(b) A crane.
(c) A system of pulleys.
(d) Good, old-fashioned muscle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sophie going to visit on the other side of the ocean?

2. Where do Cody and Sophie go, while Uncle Dock is tinkering with the electrics?

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

4. When dolphins come to the side of the boat, how big are their groups?

5. What dreamer-like thing does Sophie's father often do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sophie think of the boat when she first sees it?

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

3. What happens to the car in Sophie's story about Bompie?

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

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

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

7. What does Sophie's mother do?

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

9. Describe Uncle Mo.

10. Describe Uncle Stew.

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