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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. How does Cody feel about his father's lessons in radio code?
(a) He finds them boring.
(b) He is disinterested in them.
(c) He enjoys them.
(d) He hates them.

2. What does the crew of The Wanderer do while they eat their food, after arriving on land?
(a) They tell their story to strangers.
(b) They sing a song.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They talk wildly among themselves.

3. Who answers the door at Bompie's house?
(a) A maid.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A doctor.

4. After the wave hits, who becomes "Mr. Fix-It"?
(a) Uncle Dock.
(b) Uncle Mo.
(c) Brian.
(d) Cody.

5. Who does Sophie overhear talking about Uncle Stew losing his job?
(a) Brian and Uncle Mo.
(b) Uncle Stew and Uncle Mo.
(c) Brian and Uncle Dock.
(d) Uncle Stew and Uncle Dock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poem does Dock recite from, when the boat reaches sight of land?

2. Where does Cody sleep on his first night at Bompie's house?

3. What does Sophie do when she finally realizes that she's telling Bompie her own story?

4. What is the word for D in radio code?

5. What does Cody's dad say about dolphins?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sophie feel about the ham radio?

2. What is the weather like, the first night on the open ocean?

3. What happens to Bompie in the story of the swimming hole?

4. What injury does Cody sustain in the large wave that hits the boat?

5. What do Sophie and Cody do to the sails of the boat, when they finally get them up again?

6. When the family comes to visit Bompie, how does he react?

7. What does Uncle Stew say about the Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current?

8. What theory about death and life do Cody and Sophie discuss?

9. What happens in the altercation between Sophie and Brian?

10. What does Sophie hear when Cody is actually asking about her harness?

(see the answer keys)

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