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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section I - Preparations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Uncle Mo give for not helping to clean?
(a) That he's allergic to cleaning.
(b) That he's got more other work than the rest of them.
(c) That he's too tired to clean.
(d) That he's a lousy cleaner.

2. What does Sophie's father say about her trip?
(a) That he is afraid for what might happen to her.
(b) That he wishes he could go, too.
(c) That he doesn't understand why she has to go.
(d) That it's something she just has to do.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What temperature is it most days, while Sophie and her relatives are working on the boat?

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

3. What does Uncle Dock call the boat?

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

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

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