Stormalong Story Test

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

• He wishes he lived in the city.

• He wishes he could grow taller.

• He wishes he could be like everyone else.

• He wishes he would get more attention.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

When the tidal wave came at the beginning of the story, what did the people find on the beach?

• A large ship

• A really big baby (Stormalong)

• A whale

• A large seashell

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

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 tell you about the story?

• It is a play.

• It is a tall tale.

• It is written in first-person point of view.

• It is written in third-person point of view.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is a hyperbole?

• the truth

• an extreme exaggeration

• a phrase in a true story

• a person's name

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

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 this sentence an example of a hyperbole?

• Because it compares two things.

• Because it contains a wild exaggeration.

• Because it tells you about the main character.

• Because it tells the truth.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

Which text from the passage shows that Stormy love the ocean?

• "....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."

• "...folks used to say he had salt water in his veins."

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

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

• when they find him sleeping in a rowboat

• when he teaches them how to fish

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

• When they hire him as a cabin boy

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

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

• they build him a ship

• they ask him to return to Cape Cod

• they follow him to Kansas

• they let him fight the octopus

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which of these sentences from the passage in NOT an example of hyperbole?

• "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!"

• "The ship's towering masts had to be hinged to let the sun and moon go by."

• "Stormy felt like an outcast as he packed his trunk, hoisted it over his shoulder, and started away."

• "Sailors in every port told how he ate....a hundred gallons of whale soup for lunch."

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

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 in a store.

• People ask him for favors because of his size.

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2