Stormalong Quiz

What does the word betrayed mean in the sentence below?

Tamara’s best friend betrayed her when she told Tamara’s secret.

• Visited someone often

• Acted in a hurtful and disloyal way

• Startled with a loud noise

• Brought two people together

What does the word yearning mean in the sentence below?

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

• desire

• dislike

• relationship

• respect

What does the word shortage mean in the sentence below?

After the drought there was a shortage of oranges.

• Act of protecting

• Lack of something

• System of growing

• Measure of weight

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

• He wishes he had his own ship.

• He wishes he could get more attention.

• He wishes he could grow taller.

• He wishes he could be like everyone else.

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

Read this sentence from the passage.

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

Why is the sentence above an example of hyperbole?

• Because it contains a comparison

• Because it contains an exaggeration

• Because it introduces the main character

• Because it uses third person point of view

What type of sentence is the sentence below?

There are twenty-two students in this class.

• imperative

• declarative

• interrogative

• exclamatory

What type of sentence is the sentence below?

The building is on fire!

• imperative

• declarative

• interrogative

• exclamatory

What punctuation should the sentence below end with?

How much progress have you made with your work

• A period

• A question mark

• An exclamation mark

• A comma

What are the traits of a tall tale?