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- 1. Multiple ChoiceIn which sentence does LaShana Mae state what the story she’s telling is mainly about?“He lived by Calico Creek where it narrows down to marsh grass, flounder, and fiddler crabs.” (p. 18)“I thought Tucker was the cutest thing in the world.” (p. 18)“But one day, Tucker did something that made everybody stop calling him names he didn’t like.” (p. 18)“He noticed a man on the Moten Motel dock a few yards away.” (p. 18)
- 2. Multiple ChoiceOn page 18, LaShana Mae says, “Kids called me Wires and that infuriated me.” What does infuriated mean?made extremely angrygreatly confusedslightly annoyedtotally amused
- 3. Multiple ChoiceOn page 19, Richard says that Tucker “would make an excellent tugboat.” Richard is using this metaphor to say that Tucker istoo short to be a captain in the Coast Guard.too young to join the Coast Guard.the best swimmer in Morehead City.strong, determined, and capable.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHow does the way the other kids treat Tucker change over the course of the story?They go from disliking him to feeling concerned about himThey go from liking him to disliking him.They go from teasing him to honoring him.They go from being suspicious of him to trusting him.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat event causes the change in the kids’ treatment of Tucker that you identified in question 4?Kids start calling Tucker “Tugboat.”Tucker rescues Mr. NibblesTucker talks about being helped by a ghost.Tucker joins the Coast Guard.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the statements below best describes the relationship between LaShana Mae and Tucker as kids?As kids, LaShana Mae and Tucker were friends—although LaShana Mae also had a crush on TuckerLaShana Mae and Tucker were acquaintances that lived on the same street together.LaSahana Mae liked Tucker but he did not like her.LaShana Mae and Tucker started out as friends but by the end of the story they were enemies.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceHow does the author Eleanora E. Tate inform readers about a real person from history through her fictional story “Into the Storm.”She teaches readers about a real person from history in her story “Into the Storm” by including the ghost of Richard Etheridge as one of the characters. Etheridge was a real person who lived from 1842–1900.Etheridge tells Tucker a bit about himself—that he is from Manteo, on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, and that he works with the U.S. Life-Saving Service. At this point in the story, Tucker doesn’t realize that he is learning about a person from history, and readers may not realize that they are too—but they are.Tucker finds information about Etheridge in a book about the U.S. Coast Guard. This is when Tucker learns when Etheridge lived and realizes that the man he met must be a ghost. From the book, Tucker learns that Etheridge was captain of the Pea Island Life-Saving Service, part of an early version of the U.S. Coast Guard, and that Eldridge was in charge of an all African-American crew that rescued hundreds of shipwrecked passengers (21).All of the above
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