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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 does Sophie's mom say that Bompie remembers his stories?

2. When Cody asks Uncle Dock what happened to Sophie's parents, what does he say?

3. How does Sophie combat her uncles' objections to her going on the trip?

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

5. What does Sophie throw out over the water, after Brian makes a comment about Sophie's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long have Sophie's uncles wanted to sail across the ocean?

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

3. What habit of speech does Cody have that annoys most of the people on the boat?

4. What does Sophie's mother do?

5. What does Uncle Dock give Sophie's mother, that encourages Sophie's mother to let her daughter go on the trip?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the nightmare the narrator has.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters argue with each other throughout the novel. Discuss the significance of arguments in the novel.

1) Why do some characters argue more than others? What causes Mo and Stew to argue? What causes Brian and Cody to argue?

2) What causes conflict and argument between Mo and Cody? What does this say about their relationship as father and son?

3) How are arguments different before the major storm, during the storm, and after the storm?

Essay Topic 2

"The Wanderer" contains many instances of conflict. Discuss the three types of conflict in the novel.

1) What conflicts in the novel are Man versus Man? How are these conflicts significant in the novel?

2) What conflicts in the novel are Man versus Nature? How are these conflicts significant in the novel?

3) What conflicts in the novel are Man versus Himself? How are these conflicts significant in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in the novel all deal with tragedy and loss. Discuss dealing with tragedy in the novel.

1) How does Dock deal with the loss of Rosalie? How is this loss a tragedy for Dock?

2) How does Sophie deal with the loss of her parents?

3) What other tragedies do characters deal with? Is Stew's loss of his job a tragedy? Does Cody deal with tragedy?

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