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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IV - Under Way.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cody think about all the stops The Wanderer makes?
(a) He thinks they should stay longer at their destinations.
(b) He thinks Uncle Dock seems to be stalling the main voyage.
(c) He worries that the stops are setting them behind schedule.
(d) He thinks the stops are perfect.

3. What do the two girls on the beach ask Cody and Brian?
(a) What time it is.
(b) Which way town is.
(c) How long they're staying for.
(d) Where they come from.

4. Where did Joey find the boat he fixed up?
(a) A swamp.
(b) A beach.
(c) A reef.
(d) A lumberyard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Stew call six to eight foot waves?

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

3. What name does Cody give the black bird that visits the boat?

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

5. How does Cody feel about his father's lessons in radio code?

(see the answer key)

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