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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 Uncle Stew call Sophie?
(a) The leftover.
(b) The tag-along.
(c) The outsider.
(d) The orphan.

2. What type of car does Frank drive?
(a) A sedan.
(b) A pickup.
(c) A convertible.
(d) A van.

3. What does the crew call the new bilge box?
(a) Bucky.
(b) Bobby.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Bebe.

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

5. What does one of Sophie's friends complain being on a boat would be like?
(a) Being at a job.
(b) Being a prisoner.
(c) Being on a roller coaster.
(d) Being watched all the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many brothers and sisters does Frank's father have?

2. Where did Sophie and her family live previously?

3. What advice does Sophie give Cody when he feels stuck on Grand Manan?

4. Who is Sophie going to visit on the other side of the ocean?

5. In his journal, what animals does Cody compare his father with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Sophie's mother do?

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

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

6. How did Uncle Dock get his nickname?

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

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

9. What does the tall, lanky woman that Cody and Sophie meet show them?

10. What does Frank's wife call Sophie?

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