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

2. What does Cody discover his father doing below deck?
(a) Crying.
(b) Tearing up a letter.
(c) Hiding something under his mattress.
(d) Punching a pillow.

3. In the story Sophie tells, what does Bompie use to try to cross the Ohio River?
(a) A fallen tree.
(b) An electrical wire.
(c) A train track.
(d) A freeway bridge.

4. In Sophie's story, where does Bompie go to see the ocean?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Maine.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Virginia.

5. When Cody asks Uncle Dock what happened to Sophie's parents, what does he say?
(a) He promised Sophie's adopted parents not to talk about it.
(b) He doesn't know what happened to them.
(c) He won't tell Cody the upsetting story.
(d) He will tell Cody the story when Cody is older.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie wonder about Cody?

2. What does the tall, lanky woman say is on Wood Island?

3. What do the travelers try to use for navigation after the wreckage of the storm?

4. How does Sophie feel about climbing all the way up to the bosun's chair?

5. After the destructive wave hits the boat, how does Cody say he feels?

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