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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people can sleep on the boat?

2. Which of the following is not one of the sides of Sophie?

3. How does the narrator describe sailing?

4. What insult do Cody and Brian call each other after the baptism celebration?

5. In Sophie's story, why doesn't Bompie get along with the pastor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the baptism Sophie attends.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Uncle Dock get his nickname?

10. Describe Uncle Stew.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sophie is a young adolescent as the novel begins, and the journey she takes is part of the process of growing up. Discuss growing up in the novel.

1) How does Sophie grow as a result of her journey? What steps does she take toward becoming an adult?

2) How does Cody grow up as a result of the journey on The Wanderer? How does he change?

3) What have Sophie's uncles lost and gained in the process of growing up? What does Sophie learn about growing up from talking to them?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss men and women's roles in the novel.

1) Why does Sophie get angry when she is cast in a traditional women's role? Why does she want to do tasks that are traditionally male?

2) How does Cody react to implications that his tasks of cooking and cleaning are traditionally women's tasks? Why does he respond this way?

3) What is the author saying about traditional roles of men and women in society?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss careers in the novel.

1) How do the characters define themselves by their careers? How have Mo and Stew's careers changed them?

2) How does Sophie define herself by what she will be in the future? Why does she imagine different types of lives?

3) How do Sophie, Brian, and Cody view careers differently from each other?

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