Stormalong Journeys Comprehension Quiz
Authored by Deidre Hawkins
English
4th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension skills for the American tall tale "Stormalong," specifically targeting literary analysis and text interpretation at the 4th-grade level. Students must demonstrate their ability to identify literary devices, particularly hyperbole, and distinguish between first-person and third-person point of view. The questions require students to analyze character development, understand cause-and-effect relationships, and use textual evidence to support their answers. To succeed on this assessment, students need strong foundational skills in identifying author's craft techniques, making inferences about character motivations and feelings, and locating specific evidence within a text to justify their responses. The quiz emphasizes higher-order thinking skills as students must evaluate different examples of figurative language and distinguish between literal and exaggerated statements typical of the tall tale genre. Created by Deidre Hawkins, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 4. This comprehension quiz serves as an excellent tool for assessing student understanding after reading the Stormalong tall tale, whether used as a formative assessment during guided reading groups, independent practice following whole-class instruction, or homework to reinforce classroom learning. Teachers can use this quiz to gauge student mastery of key literary concepts before moving on to more complex texts, and it works particularly well as a warm-up activity to review previously taught material about point of view and figurative language. The questions align with Common Core State Standards RL.4.1 for citing textual evidence, RL.4.3 for analyzing character development, and RL.4.6 for understanding point of view, making it a valuable resource for standards-based instruction and data collection on student progress in literary analysis skills.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read this sentence from the passage.
But all the time Stormy was watering, hoeing, picking, and planting,
he knew he still had not found a home.
What does the sentence above reveal about the passage?
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.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.1.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read this sentence from the passage.
A giant baby three fathoms tall—or 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 a wild exaggeration
because it introduces the main character
because it uses third-person point of view
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which text from the passage shows that Stormy loves the ocean?
"... folks used 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."
"...folks always guessed he was a sailor and asked him questions about the sea."
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
Tags
CCSS.RF.4.4C
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.10
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RL.K.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these sentences from the passage is NOT an example of hyperbole?
"The ship's towering masts had to be hinged to let the sun and moon go by."
"Sailors in every port told how he ate ... a hundred gallons of whale soup for lunch."
"Stormy felt like an outcast as he packed his trunk, hoisted it over his shoulder, and started away."
"The vessel was so big that once, when she hit an island in the Caribbean Sea, she knocked it clear into the Gulf of Mexico!"
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.3.10
CCSS.RL.4.10
CCSS.RL.4.6
CCSS.RL.5.10
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