A. Story Details “Rogue Wave”

Read the excerpt from the text. Then answer the following questions.

As he was about to complete a northeast tack, Sully’s attention was drawn to a squadron of seagulls diving on small fish about a hundred yards off the port bow, and he did not see the giant wave that had crept up silently behind the Sea Dog. But a split second before it lifted the boat like a carpenter’s chip, he sensed something behind him and glanced backward, toward the towering wall of shining water.

It was already too late to shout a warning to Scoot so she could escape from the cabin; too late to do anything except hang on to the wheel with both hands; too late even to pray. He did manage a yell as the Sea Dog became vertical. She rose up the surface of the wall stern first and then pitch-poled violently, end over end, the bow submerging and the boat going upside down, taking Sully and Scoot with it, the forty-foot masts, sails intact, now pointing toward the bottom.

36. The primary conflict or problem the characters need to solve is

A. steering away from the rogue wave.

B. returning the boat to an upright position.

C. paying back their friend for ruining his boat.

D. getting Scoot out from inside the capsized boat.

37. Which of these lines is a simile?

A. Sully’s attention was drawn to a squadron of seagulls

B. he did not see the giant wave that had crept up silently behind the Sea Dog.

C. But a split second before it lifted the boat like a carpenter’s chip

D. She rose up the surface of the wall stern first and then pitch-poled violently

38. The antagonist of the story is

A. Scoot and Sully. C. the rogue wave.

B. the capsized boat. D. the captain of the Red Rooster