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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section V - Wind and Waves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uncle Stew do for a living?
(a) He manages an apartment building.
(b) He is a medical assistant.
(c) He is an accountant.
(d) He sells insurance.

2. Why did Sophie's family move?
(a) Sophie's father wanted to be near his family.
(b) Sophie's father inherited a house.
(c) Sophie's mother missed the Kentucky mountains.
(d) Sophie's mother got a new job.

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

4. What kind of knot does Cody learn from Sophie?
(a) A power cinch.
(b) A clove hitch.
(c) An alpine coil.
(d) A double constrictor knot.

5. Where does Cody prefer to by during the storm?
(a) Below deck, sleeping.
(b) Up in the bosun's chair.
(c) On deck, trying to fix things.
(d) Below deck, eating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dreamer-like thing does Sophie's father often do?

2. What purpose do end knots serve?

3. In the two-person watches at the beginning of the ocean voyages, who is Sophie on duty with?

4. What does Uncle Dock call the wind?

5. Where do Cody and Sophie go, while Uncle Dock is tinkering with the electrics?

(see the answer key)

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