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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 job does Sophie always end up with in the windstorm?
(a) Managing the jib.
(b) Handling the helm.
(c) Fastening the boom.
(d) Bailing out the water.

2. What does Uncle Dock injure in the wave?
(a) His neck.
(b) His arm.
(c) His back.
(d) His leg.

3. Where are Sophie and Cody, when Sophie tell him the story of Bompie at the ocean?
(a) In their bunks.
(b) At the masthead.
(c) At the helm.
(d) In the galley.

4. What does one of Sophie's friends complain being on a boat would be like?
(a) Being watched all the time.
(b) Being on a roller coaster.
(c) Being at a job.
(d) Being a prisoner.

5. What does Sophie wonder about Cody?
(a) If he has any brains.
(b) How he feels about her.
(c) How he stands his father.
(d) If he has had a girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sophie's story, what does Bompie's mother give him?

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

3. What do the voyagers conclude that the blips they're seeing on their radar are?

4. Why did some people object to the narrator sailing?

5. What does Uncle Dock plan to teach the others on the journey?

(see the answer key)

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