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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. 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.

2. What does Sophie say, when Cody is upset that his father berates him for going out to Wood Island?
(a) That Cody doesn't have to listen to him.
(b) That he doesn't know what he's talking about.
(c) That he's right, and they shouldn't have gone.
(d) That at least he's worried about Cody.

3. In the story Sophie tells, what does Bompie tell himself while he rushes to get to the other side of the river?
(a) Oh no, oh no!
(b) Mush-ye, mush-ye!
(c) Gosh almighty, gosh almighty!
(d) Giddy-up, giddy-up!

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

5. In Sophie's story, what does Bompie's family trade for a car?
(a) A horse.
(b) Two calves.
(c) Three chickens.
(d) Two mules.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does Uncle Dock estimate that the whole trip will take?

3. Which of the following is not one of the "lands" Sophie is usually in?

4. What is the hardest part of killing and cleaning a bluefish for Sophie?

5. What does Uncle Mo do most of the time while the group is working on the boat?

(see the answer key)

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