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Storm Warriors Guide

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 2hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the best way to combine the sentences below?


The girls wore mittens. It was cold.

a)

It was cold, the girls also wore mittens.

b)

The girls wore mittens, so it was cold.

c)

The girls wore mittens that were cold.

d)

The girls wore mittens because it was cold.

2.

What is the best way to combine the sentences below?


Mike liked playing football. It was his favorite game.

a)

Mike liked playing football, but it was his favorite game.

b)

Mike's favorite game was because he played football.

c)

Mike liked playing football, which was his favorite game.

d)

Mike played football, yet football was his favorite game.

3.

What is the best way to combine the sentences below?


The baby cried. He was sad because his toy broke.

a)

The baby's toy broke, and he cried, because of that.

b)

The baby cried because he was sad that his toy broke.

c)

The baby's sad toy broke and he cried because he did.

d)

The baby was sad and he cried and this was because his toy broke.

4.

What is the best way to combine the sentences below?


I need your help. The zipper on my jacket is stuck.

a)

My jacket, I need help, my zipper is stuck.

b)

Help me, unzip my jacket, which is now stuck.

c)

I need your help with the stuck zipper on my jacket.

d)

Your help on my jacket would help because it is stuck the zipper.

5.

Which of the following IS a complete sentence?

a)

The children lunch.

b)

At noon, the playing children.

c)

The playing children.

d)

At noon, the children ate lunch.

6.

Which of these is an exclamatory sentence?

a)

The tree just blew over!

b)

My sister drove to the city.

c)

Our aunt lives in North Carolina.

d)

Have you ever been in a bad storm?

7.

Which of these is a declarative sentence?

a)

Tom played basketball.

b)

Where is the art teacher?

c)

Stop beating those drums.

d)

Wow, Patty's dog won first prize!

8.

What is the complete predicate of the following sentence?


The calm ocean was perfect for swimming.

a)

was

b)

ocean

c)

calm ocean was perfect

d)

was perfect for swimming

9.

Which sentence has the proper capitalization of nouns?

a)

The Sangre de cristo mountains are beautiful.

b)

We watched the clouds drift over pikes peak in Colorado.

c)

Uncle George saw bats fly out of Carlsbad Caverns.

d)

I think tammy would like the balloon Festival in albuquerque.

10.

Which sentence is written correctly? (Look for commas and capitals)

a)

For Christmas, Tommy wanted a video game, a new shirt, a game, and Legos.

b)

For christmas, Tommy wanted a video game, a new shirt, a game, and legos.

c)

For Christmas, tommy wanted a video game a new shirt a game, and Legos.

d)

For Christmas, Tommy wanted a video game a new shirt a game, and legos.

11.

What is the setting of Storm Warriors?

a)

Pea Island, North Carolina

b)

Outer Banks, North Carolina

c)

Roanoke, Virginia

d)

Columbia, PA

12.

Who is the main character in Storm Warriors

a)

surfmen

b)

Mr. Meekins

c)

Nathan

d)

rescued baby

13.

What year did the story take place in?

a)

1801

b)

1940

c)

1920

d)

1896

14.

How did Nathan help the surfmen?

a)

warms the child with blankets

b)

comforts the child's mom

c)

he rubs linseed oil on the boy to warm him up

d)

he cries and panics

e)

he stays ashore and hopes for the best

15.

What ways did Nathan's knowledge was helpful?

a)

he knew he needed to warm the child up

b)

he knew what hypothermia was

c)

he was scared but did what he needed to do to help

d)

he knew it was important to stop bleeding

16.

What does critical mean?

a)

leveled

b)

disturbance

c)

important

d)

damp

17.

What does demolished mean?

a)

important

b)

leveled

c)

disturbance

d)

damp

18.

What does commotion mean?

a)

important

b)

leveled

c)

damp

d)

disturbance

19.

What is a correlative conjunction?

a)

Fancy way of attaching two sentences

b)

Conjunctions that connect two similar words, phrases, or clauses

c)

A sentence with 2 proper nouns

d)

None of these answers

20.

What are the correlative conjunctions in the sentence: Neither rain nor snow stops the mail service.

a)

snow, mail service

b)

neither, nor

c)

the, service

d)

rain, snow

21.

How can an act of courage reveal a person's true nature?

4 lines
22.

animals that live in their natural environment

a)

wildlife

b)

wildlive

c)

wild-life

23.

a public expression of outrage

a)

uprore

b)

uproar

c)

up roar

24.

a hit that allows a batter to score a point without stopping on the bases

a)

home run

b)

homrun

c)

homrune

25.

pain in the head

a)

headake

b)

headache

c)

hedacke

d)

head acke

26.

information that is meant to be known to only a few people

a)

top-secret

b)

top-secrit

c)

topsecret

d)

top-seakret

27.

a person who plays a game or sport with you

a)

teammate

b)

team mate

c)

teemmait

d)

teamate

28.

Choose the correct spelling.

a)

wheel chair

b)

whealchare

c)

wheelchair

29.

Choose the correct spelling.

a)

lite bulb

b)

light bulb

c)

light-bulb

30.

famous; known by many people

a)

well none

b)

well-known

c)

wellknown

d)

wellnone

31.

in every part of a place

a)

through-out

b)

throughout

c)

threwout

32.

a floatation device used to keep people from drowning

a)

life preserver

b)

life perserver

c)

lifepreserver

33.

not wearing shoes or socks

a)

bare foot

b)

bearfoot

c)

barefoot

d)

bare-foot

34.

a job lasting less than 8 hours a day

a)

part time

b)

part-time

c)

parttime

35.

a large building where goods are stored

a)

warehouse

b)

wearhouse

c)

wherehouse

d)

where house

36.

going over the side of a ship and into the water

a)

overboard

b)

over board

c)

overbord

37.

a building where letters and packages are collected, sorted, and distributed

a)

post office

b)

post-offiss

c)

post offise

38.

willing to share one's opinion

a)

outspoken

b)

out spoken

c)

outspocken

39.

including the latest information

a)

up-to-date

b)

uptodate

c)

up to date

d)

up-too-date

40.

filled with a feeling of amazement

a)

awestruck

b)

awe struck

c)

awe-struck

41.

a radio or television show about current events

a)

newskast

b)

newzcast

c)

newscast

d)

news cast

42.

Cold, Sticky, and damp to the touch

a)

clammy

b)

elite

c)

bundle

d)

critical

43.

Something that has special skills or qualities that make it the best.

a)

clammy

b)

elite

c)

commotion

d)

annoyance

44.

a lot of noise and confusion

a)

secured

b)

bundle

c)

commotion

d)

annoyance

45.

something that is irritating

a)

annoyance

b)

realization

c)

critical

d)

squalling

46.

an awareness of something

a)

bundle

b)

demolished

c)

clammy

d)

realization

47.

fixed or held firmly

a)

demolished

b)

clammy

c)

secured

d)

critical

48.

to wrap something in many layers

a)

elite

b)

annoyance

c)

demolished

d)

bundle

49.

something of great importance

a)

critical

b)

demolished

c)

clammy

d)

commotion

50.

completely destroyed

a)

elite

b)

demolished

c)

critical

d)

squalling

51.

loud, harsh cries

a)

commotion

b)

annoyance

c)

secured

d)

squalling

52.

After reading the first paragraph of the selection, you can tell that the narrator is

a)

on a boat

b)

in the water

c)

in the building

d)

on the shore during a storm

53.

What conclusion can you draw from the following comment by the narrator? “It was unthinkable, what these men were doing. Violence swirled around us—a deadly, churning mix of wind and sea. And these two surfmen were walking into it.

a)

The narrator thinks the surfmen are foolish

b)

The narrator thinks the surfmen are in serious danger.

c)

The narrator thinks the surfmen will fail to save the ship’s crew.

d)

The narrator thinks the ship’s crew will save the surfmen’s lives.

54.

The ship's crew believes that...

a)

women and children should be saved first

b)

the surfmen should have been able to save their ship

c)

the captain should have been the last one to leave the ship

d)

Nathan saved all their lives because of his medical knowledge

55.

You can infer that the child is frightened because he...

a)

is wet and shivering

b)

gets wrapped in a warm blanket

c)

clings tightly to the narrator's neck

d)

cries more softly as the narrator holds him

56.

When Nathan says, "Treat the bleeding first, then the hypothermia," you can tell that Nathan...

a)

likes to give orders

b)

wishes he were a surfman

c)

is studying to become a doctor

d)

knows some medical information

57.

You can tell that Nathan...

a)

is a coward

b)

likes to help people

c)

feel helpless during the rescue

d)

blames himself for the sailor's injury

58.

How does Nathan most likely feel after the rescue?

a)

ashamed that he is not a surfman

b)

proud that he is learning important things

c)

hopeful that will learn to become a sea captain

d)

scared that he will get stuck in a violent storm again

59.

What conclusion can you draw about Mrs. Gardiner?

a)

she is helpless in an emergency

b)

she has a special relationship with the captain

c)

she has more medical knowledge than Nathan

d)

she is more concerned about herself than others

60.

What will most likely happen after the last paragraph in the story?

a)

Everyone will get safely back to the station.

b)

The surfmen will return to the ocean to save the ship.

c)

The storm will keep the people stranded on the shore.

d)

Nathan will decide to work harder to become a surfman

61.

What can you infer about Nathan after reading the story?

a)

He is going to study medicine.

b)

He will become a brave surfman.

c)

He is not sure what his career will be.

d)

He will not continue to rescue ship crews.

62.

What does the word SECURED mean in the sentence below?


Before his walk, the dog owner SECURED a harness to his dog.

a)

Attached tightly

b)

Slept quietly

c)

Affected quickly

d)

Released recently

63.

What does the word CRITICAL mean in the sentence below?


The EMT gave CRITICAL help to the car crash victim.

a)

Vital

b)

Delicate

c)

Confusing

d)

Reasonable

64.

Which Greek or Latin root is spelled incorrectly?

a)

scrib

b)

tele

c)

photo

d)

rupte

65.

What does the word CLAMMY mean in the sentence below?


The girl’s hands felt cold and CLAMMY when she got up to do her presentation.

a)

Dry

b)

Sticky

c)

Crusty

d)

Graceful

66.

After reading the first paragraph of "Storm Warriors", you can tell that the narrator is —

a)

on a boat

b)

in the water

c)

in the building

d)

on the shore during a storm

67.

What CONCLUSION can you draw from the following comment by the narrator?


“It was unthinkable, what these men were doing. Violence swirled around us—a deadly, churning mix of wind and sea. And these two surfmen were walking into it.”

a)

The narrator thinks the surfmen are foolish.

b)

The narrator thinks the surfmen are in serious danger.

c)

The narrator thinks the surfmen will fail to save the ship’s crew.

d)

The narrator thinks the ship’s crew will save the surfmen’s lives.

68.

The ship’s crew believes that —

a)

women and children should be saved first

b)

the surfmen should have been able to save their ship

c)

the captain should have been the last one to leave the ship

d)

Nathan saved all their lives because of his medical knowledge

69.

You can tell that Nathan —

a)

is a coward

b)

likes to help people

c)

feels helpless during the rescue

d)

blames himself for the sailor’s injury

70.

How does Nathan most likely feel after the rescue?

a)

Ashamed that he is not a surfman.

b)

Proud that he is learning important things.

c)

Hopeful that he will learn to become a sea captain.

d)

Scared that he will get stuck in a violent storm again.

71.

What conclusion can you draw about Mrs. Gardiner?

a)

She is helpless in an emergency.

b)

She has a special relationship with the captain.

c)

She has more medical knowledge than Nathan.

d)

She is more concerned about herself than about others.

72.

What is the best way to combine these sentences?


The cat slept on his owner's belly. He was happy.

a)

The cat slept on his owner's belly and was happy.

b)

The cat slept on his owner's belly, so he was happy.

c)

He was happy, the cat slept on his owner's belly.

d)

The cat slept on his owner's belly because it was happy.

73.

What is the best way to combine these sentences?


The child fell. He cried because he was hurt.

a)

The child was hurt and cried from falling.

b)

The child was hurt but cried.

c)

The child fell, and he cried, because of him falling.

d)

The child cried because he was hurt from falling.

74.

What is the best way to combine these sentences?


Alex is talented. He can sing any song. He can dance to anything.

a)

Alex is talented, can sing and dance.

b)

Alex is talented, he always dances and sings.

c)

Alex is talented because he can sing and dance to any song.

d)

Alex is talented, he can sing and dance to any song.

75.

What is the best way to combine these sentences?


Penny loves cereal. Anna loves cereal. Sometimes they discuss their favorites.

a)

Penny and Anna love cereal, or they discuss their cereal favorites sometimes.

b)

Sometimes Penny and Anna love cereal and discuss their favorites.

c)

Since Penny and Anna both love cereal, they sometimes discuss their favorites.

d)

Penny and Anna love cereal, but Penny and Anna discuss their favorites sometimes.