WorksheetsStormalong
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
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.
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."
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
A hyperbole is an exaggerated statement that is not to be taken seriously. 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!"
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
Stormy grew up in Cape Cod and people in Boston didn't know him and found him scary.
Stormy showed in his battle with the octopus:
he was coward
he was scare
he was brave and strong
he ate the octopus
Stormy was bigger and stronger than real people and solved problems in a way that is hard to believe.
True
False
