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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section V - Wind and Waves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sophie's mom say that Bompie remembers his stories?
(a) She says he makes them up as he goes along.
(b) She says they're all filed in little boxes in his head.
(c) She says she doesn't know.
(d) She says they're like pictures in his head.

2. What warps Sophie's sense of time?
(a) Kitchen duty.
(b) Duty watches.
(c) The rhythm of the waves.
(d) The cloudy skies.

3. What breaks in the wind?
(a) The masthead.
(b) The main boom.
(c) The spreader.
(d) The jib.

4. How does Bompie act when Sophie' mother calls him?
(a) He is elated and very talkative.
(b) He acts distracted, like something else is taking his attention.
(c) He doesn't seem to know who she is at first.
(d) He is depressed and reflective.

5. What does Sophie compare the experience of the wave to?
(a) Being born.
(b) Being baptized.
(c) Being a fish.
(d) Being in a washing machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Dock say, when Cody asks if Sophie knows what happened to her parents?

2. In Sophie's story, how does the little kid feel when people say the kid's parents have gone to heaven, a wonderful place?

3. What do the two girls on the beach ask Cody and Brian?

4. What does Brian accuse Sophie of, when she's upset about the job she gets?

5. What type of ship does Cody contact?

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