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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II - Shakedown.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is used to lift the boat into the water?
(a) Good, old-fashioned muscle.
(b) A crane.
(c) A system of pulleys.
(d) A special dolly.

2. Why did some people object to the narrator sailing?
(a) They said she was too young.
(b) They said she was too clumsy.
(c) They said she was too inexperienced.
(d) They said she was too aloof.

3. What does Uncle Dock call the competitiveness among boat owners in Martha's Vineyard?
(a) Boat bombast.
(b) Boat boxing.
(c) Boat attitude.
(d) Boat envy.

4. What does Sophie want to fix on the boat?
(a) The mast.
(b) The sail.
(c) The bilge.
(d) The rudder.

5. Which of the following is not one of the "lands" Sophie is usually in?
(a) Lala-land.
(b) Dreamland.
(c) Earthland.
(d) Mule-land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Brian ask Cody?

2. How does Sophie combat her uncles' objections to her going on the trip?

3. In Sophie's story, what does Bompie's family trade for a car?

4. Who or what calls to the narrator at the beginning of the novel?

5. Who gave Sophie her journal?

(see the answer key)

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