Big Things Come in Small Packages

What was the significance of Richard's statement that "Tucker would make a good tugboat and one day might even grow to be a big ship."

• To encourage Tucker and remind him that even though he is small, he can still do great things.

• Persuade Tucker to join the life saving service.

• Warn Tucker about going out to Calico Creek by himself.

• Persuade him that he should marry LaShana Mae when they get older.

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Which event is the climax of the story?

• But as Tucker passed, the man lunged at the surfboard, knocking Tucker off. And then this guy grabbed hold of Tucker!

• Tucker pulled in four more waves until he noticed a tall purple thunderhead rising up on the southwest horizon.

• An arrow of lightning whizzed across the pier into the water and lit up the whole ocean.

• Tucker was a hero! He and the mayor rode on the back of a big ole white Cadillac convertible and waved at everybody.

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Which line reveals what we find out about the narrator at the conclusion of the story?

• It also proves that good things come to those who wait, like I did. I know, because I'm Mrs. LaShana Mae Willis, Tugboat's wife.

• And every time Tucker tells me the story, he tells it to me the same way I told it to you.

• Tucker stopped talking about Richard being involved in the rescue.

• Tucker grew to be six feet five. He played on the North Carolina Central University Eagles basketball team, joined the U.S. Coast Guard, and lives in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, on the Outer Banks.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

Which line reveals a reason for Tucker to stop talking about Richard's involvement in the rescue?

• Etheridge's headstone was marked 1844-1900

• Richard told him it wasn't the size of a person that got the job done.

• You're kinda small to be way out here, ain't ya, squirt.

• He's been a commercial fisherman before he became a captain in the lifesaving service

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Which line foreshadows future events in the story?

• One day Tucker did something that made everybody stop calling him name he didn't like.

• After he swam out far enough, he climbed onto his surfboard and rode a wave in.

• It pays to be polite to everybody you meet, like Tucker was to a man named Richard.

• It wasn't cool anymore to tease him with those other names.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

Which event in the story is a part of the rising action?

• Everybody liked him, and he was good at almost everything he put his hand to.

• That cloud meant a storm was probably on its way, but Tucker figured he had at least half an hour before the wind kicked up the waves and blew the cloud in and the rain began.

• The reporter's story about Tucker's rescue was in the local paper, then got picked up by the Associated Press and went all over the world.

• That's when Tucker stopped talking about Richard being involved in the rescue.

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What details describe the setting of the story?

• Narrow marsh grass, flounder, and fiddler crabs

• Hotshot shortstop, jump like a flea, and smart in school

• It looked cold outside, clear skies and a light northerly wind

• One day Tucker did something that made everybody stop calling him name he didn't like.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

Who was the narrator of the story?

• LaShana Mae

• Tucker

• Richard

• Mr. Nibbles

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Some jobs require you to have certain schooling and ....

• qualifications
• titles
• hopes
• ideas

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If you are moving quickly towards an object or another person...what type of movement are you doing? 

• lunging
• tiptoeing 
• dancing
• skipping

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