Reading-Lesson 5

How does Stormy change when he steers The Courser?

• He grows taller.
• He becomes sad.
• He becomes healthier.

Use what you know about the target vocabulary in green, to answer the questions 1-5.
Tamara's best friend betrayed her when she told Tamara's secret.

• Startled with a loud noise.
• Brought two people together
• Gave information to an enemy

After he moved, Thomas felt a yearning to see his old friends.

• Desire
• Dislike
• Respect

After the drought, there was a shortage of oranges.

• Act of protecting
• Lack of something
• System of growing

The seafaring dog enjoyed his time on land.

• Searching for an owner
• Regularly traveling by sea
• Preferring to live on a boat

We were horrified to see the damage the storm caused.

• Soaked with water
• Protected from harm
• Caused to feel shock

Think back to the selection "Stormalong" to answer questions 6-15.
What unusual sight do the villagers see after the tidal wave?

• A gigantic baby
• A huge ocotpus
• A barrel of milk

At the beginning of the story, the reader can tell that Stormy--

• likes getting attention
• wishes he had his own ship
• wants to be like everyone else

Which sentence from the story shows that Stormy loves the ocean?

• folks use to say he had salt water in his veins.
• all the Yankee clipper crews wanted him to sail with them
• no ship, not even The Lady of the Sea, was big enough for him.

Stormy is disappointed in Boston because--

• people recognized him
• it is not far enough away from the sea
• the buildings are the same size as the ones in Cape Cod