L5 Stormalong

What does the word betrayed mean?

• visited someone often

• acted in a disloyal way

• startled with a loud noise

• brought two people together

What does the word yearning mean?

• desire

• dislike

• relationship

• respect

What does the word shortage mean?

• act of protecting

• lack of something

• system of growing

• measure of weight

What does the word seafaring mean?

• searching for an owner

• regularly traveling by sea

• preferring to live on a boat

• frequently swimming in the sea

What does the sentence below reveal about the passage?

But all the time Stormy was watering, hoeing, picking, and planting, he knew he still had not found a home.

• it is a scene from a play

• it is a tall tale from New England

• it is told in first-person point of view

• it is told in third-person point of view

Why is the sentence below an example of hyperbole?

A giant baby three fathoms tall - or eighteen feet! - was crawling across the sand, crying in a voice as loud as a foghorn.

• it contains a comparison

• it contains a wild exaggeration

• it introduces the main character

• it uses third-person point of view

How does Stormy feel as a child growing up on Cape Cod?

• he wishes he had his own ship

• he wishes he could grow taller

• he wishes he would get more attention

• he wishes he could be like everyone else

Why is Stormy disappointed when he arrives in Boston?

• it is not far enough away from the sea

• the only job he can find is being a cabin boy

• people recognize him and ask him for favors

• the buildings are the same size as the ones in Cape Cod

When do the sailors on The Lady of the Sea begin to accept Stormy?

• when they find him sleeping in a rowboat

• when he teaches the sailors new sea songs

• when the captain first hires him as a cabin boy

• when he fights a giant octopus for the ship's anchor

How do the sailors show how much they care about Stormy?

• by following him to Kansas

• by making up songs about him

• by building a huge ship for him

• by asking him to return to the sea