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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 level does Uncle Dock say the gale is?
(a) Force-eight.
(b) Force-nine.
(c) Force-ten.
(d) Force-eleven.

2. What not-so-good news do the travelers get when they call home?
(a) They learn that Cody's mother is leaving his father.
(b) They learn that Bompie is unwell.
(c) They learn that a job prospect for Stew has fallen through.
(d) They learn that Sophie's parents have been frantic with worry.

3. What does Uncle Mo say that his job is?
(a) Plumber.
(b) Artist.
(c) Paper-pusher.
(d) Number-cruncher.

4. What does Cody do after dreaming about Sophie's story about Bompie and his father?
(a) Cody wakes up his father.
(b) Cody gets up and wanders restlessly around the boat.
(c) Cody goes up and sits on the deck, staring at the water.
(d) Cody wakes up Sophie.

5. Who gets into a fight, as the boat approaches land?
(a) Uncle Stew and Uncle Mo.
(b) Uncle Stew and Brian.
(c) Uncle Mo and Cody.
(d) Uncle Mo and Uncle Dock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Uncle Stew get?

2. Who is the one person who doesn't cry in the midst of the storm?

3. After the wave hits, who becomes "Mr. Fix-It"?

4. What do the travelers eat on the bench near a London landmark?

5. What poem does Dock recite from, when the boat reaches sight of land?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sophie describe the color of the sea?

2. What gift does Cody give his father?

3. What happens to the sails in the heavy wind?

4. What settles the argument about where Bompie should live?

5. What does Cody notice that Sophie does when retelling the story of their journey?

6. What is the weather like, the first night on the open ocean?

7. What happens in the altercation between Sophie and Brian?

8. What does Mo do after he gets back from the trip?

9. How does Sophie describe life on the boat in the turbulent water?

10. When the travelers arrive in Ireland, who are they able to reach by phone?

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