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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III - The Island.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Brian think no one likes him?
(a) He thinks people misinterpret everything he says.
(b) He has no idea why.
(c) He thinks they're jealous of his intelligence.
(d) He thinks he just doesn't understand how to talk to people.

2. What temperature is it most days, while Sophie and her relatives are working on the boat?
(a) Eighty-five.
(b) Sixty-five.
(c) Ninety-five.
(d) Seventy-five.

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

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

5. How does Sophie feel about climbing all the way up to the bosun's chair?
(a) She is excited to climb up.
(b) She is willing to climb up, but doesn't really care.
(c) She is frightened to climb up.
(d) She doesn't let anyone know how she feels about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bluefish does the sailing catch on the sail toward Martha's Vineyard?

2. Who does most of the cooking and cleaning on the ship?

3. Who keeps yelling at Sophie to put away her journal?

4. What does Sophie wonder about Cody?

5. In the story Sophie tells, what does Bompie use to try to cross the Ohio River?

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