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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. When dolphins come to the side of the boat, how big are their groups?
(a) Groups of two or three.
(b) Groups of six or seven.
(c) Groups of four or five.
(d) Groups of nine or ten.

2. What is the difference between the wave in Sophie's dream and the wave that hit the boat?
(a) Its size.
(b) Its shape.
(c) Its color.
(d) Its texture.

3. What does Brian accuse Sophie of lying about?
(a) Being able to sail the boat on her own.
(b) Going clamming with Bompie.
(c) Having learned to sail when she was three.
(d) Catching a 20-pound fish.

4. In Sophie's story, what does Bompie do to the pastor during the baptism?
(a) He mocks the pastor.
(b) He bites the pastor.
(c) He dunks the pastor.
(d) He punches the pastor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cody think about all the stops The Wanderer makes?

2. What question does Brian ask Cody?

3. What does Cody tell his father, as the sail-less boat is whipped by the waves?

4. What does the crew call the new bilge box?

5. When the winds pick up, what do the sailors do to the mainsail?

(see the answer key)

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