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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II - Shakedown.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Sophie going to visit on the other side of the ocean?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. How does the narrator describe sailing?
(a) Like floating in nothingness.
(b) Like being inside a painting.
(c) Like flying over the water.
(d) Like riding a wild beast.

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

4. Who ends up driving Sophie to Connecticut?
(a) Both her parents.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) A friend of her parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sophie combat her uncles' objections to her going on the trip?

2. What does Uncle Dock call the boat?

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

4. Where did Sophie and her family live previously?

5. Why did Sophie's family move?

(see the answer key)

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