stormalong study guide test 5

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 uses third-person point of view

• because it introduces the main character

• because it contains a wild exaggeration

• because it contains a comparison

Which of these sentences from the passage is 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 toweing 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."

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

• when he teaches the sailors new sea songs

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

• when the captain first hires him as a cabin boy

• when they find him sleeping in a rowboat

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

• by following him to Kansas

• by building a huge ship for him

• by making up songs about him

• by asking him to return to the sea

How is "Stormalong" DIFFERENT from "Hoderi the Fisherman"?

• "Stormalong" is a traditional tale

• "Stormalong" describes a character who becomes an outcast at the end of the story.

• "Stormalong" describes a character who wants to fit in

• "Stormalong" takes place in more than one setting.

What genre (kind of story) is "Stormalong"?

• Tall Tale

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

What do the villagers see after the tidal wave?

• a gigantic baby

• a huge octopus

• a giant starfish

Stormy was disappointed in Boston because ___.

• people bothered him all the time

• he wasn't close to the sea

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

Which sentence from the story shows that Stormy loves the ocean?

• … no ship, not even The Lady of the Sea, was big enough for him

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

• … folks always guessed he was a sailor and asked him questions about the sea.

How does Stormy know he has traveled far enough away from the sea?

• He sees farmland and a farmhouse.

• People ask him questions about the sea.

• He can no longer hear the sound of the waves crashing.

• A man does not recognize the oar Stormy is carrying.