RL.1.2 Summarizing The Two Frogs

If you were writing a summary for the text, which TWO details would you NEED to include?

• The frogs were traveling to new towns.

• The frogs rested in the cool, damp shade.

• They tried to see the town they hoped to visit.

If you were writing a summary, which TWO details would you NOT include?

• It took time for them to climb the mountain.

• The two frogs were traveling to new towns.

• They decided not to continue their journey.

Which sentence BEST summarizes paragraphs 7 and 8?

• Both frogs show each other proof that their hometowns and the towns they are traveling to are copies of each other.

• Both frogs decide to stop traveling because they incorrectly believe the new towns are like their hometowns.

• Both frogs politely say goodbye and leave for their hometowns after falling on the grass.

• Both frogs say they wish they had never started on their journeys, and then they leave for home.

Which statement BEST describes why the frogs make the mistake they did?

• Kyoto looked exactly like Osaka, so the frogs did not think such a long journey was worth it.

• Each frog stood up on his hind legs and held on to the other frog to see the town he wanted to visit.

• The frogs' noses pointed in the right direction, but their eyes only saw what was behind them.

• The frogs got confused about the direction each of them had been traveling.

Which TWO details in paragraph 6 BEST support your answer about the frogs' mistake?

• There they both stood, stretching themselves as high as they could and holding each other so they might not fall down.

• The Kyoto frog turned his nose toward Osaka, and the Osaka frog turned his nose toward Kyoto.

• But the foolish things forgot that when they stood up, their great eyes lay in the backs of their heads.

• Though their noses might point to the places they wanted to go, their eyes beheld the places from which they had come.