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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. 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.

2. Where do Cody and Sophie go, while Uncle Dock is tinkering with the electrics?
(a) To a bird sanctuary.
(b) To an antiques gallery.
(c) To an art museum.
(d) To an old shipwreck.

3. What is the hardest part of killing and cleaning a bluefish for Sophie?
(a) Bludgeoning the fish.
(b) Breaking the spine.
(c) Hauling in the fish.
(d) Filleting the fish.

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

5. What do the travelers use to practice juggling?
(a) Apples.
(b) Hard rolls.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Bags of pretzels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie's father say about her trip?

2. What does Sophie wonder about Cody?

3. What does Sophie's mother do when Sophie calls?

4. Who is Sophie going to visit on the other side of the ocean?

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

(see the answer key)

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