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Stormy
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1. What does betrayed mean?
acted in a disloyal way
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6. What does memorable mean?
never forgotten
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13. How does Stormy feel growing up in Cape Cod?
He wishes he could be like everyone else.
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12. Why is the sentence an example of hyperbole? "A giant baby three fathoms tall - or eighteen feet! - was crawling across the sand, crying in a voice as loud as a foghorn."

It contains wild exaggeration.

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In what ways is Stormy like a real baby?

He cries, crawls, and drinks milk 

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2. What does yearning mean?
desire
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7. What does tidal mean?
caused by the tides
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14. Which text from the passage shows that Stormy loves the Ocean? "...folks used to say he had salt water in his veins?" or "...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?"

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16. When do the sailors on "The Lady of the Sea" begin to accept Stormy?

When he fights a giant octopus for the anchor.

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Why does Stormy move so many times?

He is looking for a place he truly belongs

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3. What does seafaring mean?
regularly traveling by sea
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8. What does condition mean?
general fitness
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15. Why is Stormy disappointed when he arrives in Boston?
The buildings are the same size as the ones in Cape Cod.
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17. Is this sentence an example of an hyperbole? "Stormy felt like an outcast as he packed his trunk, hoisted it over his shoulder, and started away."

No

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What is Stormy's quest?

To find somewhere he belongs.

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3. What does shortage mean?
lack of something
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9. What does outcast mean?
left out
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18. How do the sailors show how much they care about Stormy?
They build a huge ship for him.
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12. What is another meaning for wild exaggeration?

a. hyperbole

b. simile

c. metaphor

d. none it is something else 


hyperbole

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Why does Stormy say he is not going to stop walking until someone ask him what the thing on his shoulder is?

He wants to be so far away from the sea that way he will not think about it and he wants to find a place where no one knows anything about the sea. 

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5. What does horrified mean?
overcome with shock
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10. What does foaming mean?
bubbly
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Why does Stormy feel like an outcast? 

Because his friends are telling him to leave Cape Cod.

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21. Why does Stormy decide to give up the seafaring life?

Stormy decides to give up the seafaring life because he is unhappy. He feels that the sea betrayed him. No ship is big enough for him and he is lonely.

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Was Stormy successful in finding a place for himself? If so, why is he still sad?

Stormy is famous and loved by sailors all over the worlds, and he even has a ship that is big enough for him. He feels sad because he is a giant.