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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 won't tell Cody the upsetting story.
(b) He doesn't know what happened to them.
(c) He will tell Cody the story when Cody is older.
(d) He promised Sophie's adopted parents not to talk about it.

2. What does Brian call the little black bird?
(a) The omen bird.
(b) The orphan bird.
(c) The storm bird.
(d) The lonely bird.

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

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

5. Why does Brian think no one likes him?
(a) He thinks he just doesn't understand how to talk to people.
(b) He thinks they're jealous of his intelligence.
(c) He has no idea why.
(d) He thinks people misinterpret everything he says.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cody discover his father doing below deck?

2. What does Uncle Stew call six to eight foot waves?

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

4. What name does Cody give the black bird that visits the boat?

5. What does one of Sophie's friends complain being on a boat would be like?

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