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

2. What kind of "life insurance" does Sophie imagine getting at the end of Chapter 33?
(a) Insurance that life will be long.
(b) Insurance that life will be interesting.
(c) Insurance that life will be happy.
(d) Insurance that life will be quiet and stable.

3. What goes wrong with the boat's mainsail?
(a) It tangles with the lines.
(b) Two gromments are torn out.
(c) It breaks free from a line.
(d) A rip appears near the mast.

4. What job does Uncle Stew get?
(a) A job with a company that makes sail boats.
(b) A job with a company that tracks fish populations.
(c) A job with a company that charts the ocean's bottom.
(d) A job with a company that tracks ocean temperatures.

5. In Dock's story about the little girl, who does the girl go to live with immediately after her parents die?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) A foster family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cody tell his father, as the sail-less boat is whipped by the waves?

2. What do the voyagers conclude that the blips they're seeing on their radar are?

3. Who is the one person who doesn't cry in the midst of the storm?

4. What does Brian insist Sophie is doing regarding her parents?

5. What color is the gigantic wave that approaches behind the boat while Sophie is watching and Cody is at the wheel?

Short Essay Questions

1. When everyone is up on deck in the midst of the storm, and Sophie sees them from the helm, what does she see?

2. How does Sophie feel about seeing Bompie, as the travelers near their destination?

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

4. What do Stew and Mo argue about?

5. In Sophie's story about Bompie and his father, why does Bompie visit his father?

6. What dreams does Cody have about Sophie, after the storms are over?

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

8. What seems different to Cody about the way Brian bugs Sophie, as they near Bompie's?

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

10. What happens to the sails in the heavy wind?

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