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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. Aside from Sophie, how many people are going on the sailing trip across the ocean?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Eight.

2. What is Uncle Mo's name short for?
(a) Elmo.
(b) Moses.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Morgan.

3. Who does most of the cooking and cleaning on the ship?
(a) Cody.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Brian.
(d) Uncle Dock.

4. What does Uncle Dock call the competitiveness among boat owners in Martha's Vineyard?
(a) Boat boxing.
(b) Boat envy.
(c) Boat bombast.
(d) Boat attitude.

5. What does Sophie's mother do when Sophie calls?
(a) She keeps repeating how great it is to talk to Sophie.
(b) She asks endless questions.
(c) She just tells Sophie to talk.
(d) She keeps bursting into tears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What warps Sophie's sense of time?

2. Why did some people object to the narrator sailing?

3. What one thing does Sophie like about moving?

4. Who keeps yelling at Sophie to put away her journal?

5. Where did Joey find the boat he fixed up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the nightmare the narrator has.

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

3. What does Sophie initially plan to do the last day of school?

4. What does Sophie's mother do?

5. In Cody's journal, how does he describe his mother?

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

7. Describe Uncle Mo.

8. Why does Uncle Mo worry while Cody and Sophie are away visiting Wood Island?

9. How did Uncle Dock get his nickname?

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

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