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- 1. Multiple Choice
What does the word betrayed mean in the sentence below?
Tamara's best friend betrayed her when she told Tamara's secret.
visited someone often
acted in a disloyal way
startled with a loud noise
brought two people together
- 2. Multiple Choice
What does the word yearning mean in the sentence below?
After he moved, Thomas felt a yearning to see his old friends.
desire
dislike
relationship
respect
- 3. Multiple Choice
What does the word shortage mean in the sentence below?
After the drought there was a shortage of oranges.
act of protecting
lack of something
system of growing
measure of weight
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does the word seafaring mean in the sentence below?
The seafaring dog enjoyed his time on land.
searching for an owner
regularly traveling by sea
preferring to live on a boat
frequently swimming in the sea
- 5. Multiple Choice
What does the word horrified mean in the sentence below?
We were horrified to see the damage the storm caused.
not impressed
soaked with water
protected from harm
overcome with shock
- 6. Multiple Choice
Use the dictionary entries to answer Numbers 6 through 10.
Which meaning BEST fits the way call is used in the sentence below?
We decided to call our new kitten Patches because of her coloring.
meaning 1
meaning 2
meaning 3
meaning 4
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which meaning BEST fits the way day is used in the sentence below?
What was it like during Christopher Columbus's day?
meaning 1
meaning 2
meaning 3
meaning 4
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which meaning BEST fits the way feel is used in the sentence below?
Feel the kitten's soft fur.
meaning 1
meaning 2
meaning 3
meaning 4
- 9. Multiple Choice
Read the meanings below for the word mouse .
Which meaning BEST fits the way mouse is used in the sentence below?
Use the mouse to click on the image on the screen.
meaning 1
meaning 2
meaning 3
meaning 4
- 10. Multiple Choice
Read the meanings below for the word screen .
Which meaning BEST fits the way screen is used in the sentence below?
The audience quieted as the movie began to play on the screen.
meaning 1
meaning 2
meaning 3
meaning 4
- 11. Multiple Choice
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 above reveal about the passage?
It is a scene from a play.
It is a tall tale from New England.
It is told in third-person point of view.
It is told in first-person point of view.
- 12. Multiple Choice
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 the sentence above an example of hyperbole?
because it contains a comparison
because it contains a wild exaggeration
because it introduces the main character
because it uses third-person point of view
- 13. Multiple Choice
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.
- 14. Multiple Choice
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."
- 15. Multiple Choice
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 being a cabin boy.
People recognize him and ask him for favors.
The buildings are the same size as the ones in Cape Cod.
- 16. Multiple Choice
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
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of these sentences from the passage is NOT an example of hyperbole?
"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."
"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!"
- 18. Multiple Choice
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
- 19. Multiple Choice
Use the passage "Stormalong" and the play "Hoderi the Fisherman" to answer Numbers 19 and 20.
How is "Stormalong" DIFFERENT from "Hoderi the Fisherman"?
"Stormalong" is a traditional tale.
"Stormalong" takes place in more than one setting.
"Stormalong" describes a character who wants to fit in.
"Stormalong" describes a character who becomes an outcast at the end of the story.
- 20. Multiple Choice
How are the events in "Stormalong" SIMILAR to the events in "Hoderi the Fisherman"?
Both passages describe the adventures of fishing.
Both passages describe how characters fall in love.
Both passages describe characters who go on a quest.
Both passages describe why leaving home is too dangerous.
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