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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 advice does Sophie give Cody when he feels stuck on Grand Manan?
(a) It's not where you're going that's important, it's how you get there.
(b) It's how you think about where you are that makes the difference between happy and sad.
(c) A bad attitude will make the good things that start to happen invisible.
(d) It's not where you are that's importnat, it's who you are.

2. What is the first leg of The Wanderer's planned journey?
(a) From Nantucket Island to Hilton Head Island.
(b) From Cape Fear Coast to Cumbrland Island.
(c) From Long Island Sound to Block Island.
(d) From Diamond Cove to Roanoke Island.

3. What dreamer-like thing does Sophie's father often do?
(a) Invent strange machines.
(b) Suggest going on exotic trips.
(c) Make up new business ideas.
(d) Draw fantastical pictures.

4. What one thing does Sophie like about moving?
(a) Meeting new friends.
(b) Being able to start over from scratch.
(c) Seeing a new part of the country.
(d) Decorating a new room.

5. What does Sophie say, when Cody is upset that his father berates him for going out to Wood Island?
(a) That he's right, and they shouldn't have gone.
(b) That he doesn't know what he's talking about.
(c) That at least he's worried about Cody.
(d) That Cody doesn't have to listen to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Uncle Mo's name short for?

2. How does Bompie act when Sophie' mother calls him?

3. How old is Sophie?

4. What temperature is it most days, while Sophie and her relatives are working on the boat?

5. In Sophie's story, what does Bompie's family trade for a car?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the car in Sophie's story about Bompie?

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

3. Describe Uncle Stew.

4. What does Sophie's mother do?

5. Why does everyone react strangely when Sophie explains what she plans to teach?

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

7. What does Frank say happened to the bait in the empty pot?

8. What does Frank's wife call Sophie?

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

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

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