WorksheetsStormalong Story Test
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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.
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
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.
What is a hyperbole?
the truth
an extreme exaggeration
a phrase in a true story
a person's name
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.
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."
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
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
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."
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.
Betrayed
visited a friend
hurt by someone or something you trusted
lonely
startled by a loud noise
Yearning
a feeling of sadness
a feeling of wanting something really badly
to dislike something
to respect someone
Shortage
lack of something
to have a lot of something
to measure something
to be lost
Seafaring
Searching for a ship
regularly traveling by sea
frequently swimming in the sea
catching lots of fish
Horrified
not impressed
soaked with water
overcome with fear and shock
protected from harm
