When I Was a Little Girl: Our Froggery

According to the passage, a froggery is

• a place where frogs were buried

• a place where frogs lived

• a place where frogs were trained

• a place where frogs came to play

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the girls' personification of the frogs reveal about them?

• Their confusion

• Their loneliness

• Their ignorance

• Their compassion

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

According to the passage, the frog, Myron W. Whitney, was named after

• a young man who was an artist

• the narrator's father

• a character on t.v. who could sing

• a gentleman who once sang at the church

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What does the narrator mean when in this sentence from the passage she says that naming the frog after Myron. M. Whitney was really a credit to him?

We named him after a gentlemen who had once sung in our church, and I hope if he ever heard of it he didn't mind, for the frog was really a credit to him.

• She hoped that the gentlemen never learned about the frog

• The gentlemen was not an agreeable person

• She admired both the gentlemen and the frog

• The gentlemen probably did not like frogs

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which statement best supports the idea that the narrator believed the frogs were like people

• "We chose one of the deep quiet pools of the brook for our froggery"

• "After staying away for 3 days and nights, the general came back safe and sound."

• "The general behaved quite nicely, and really got into the spirit of the thing so that he was a splendid example for head of the class."

• "I suppose you have heard frogs singing just after sunset, when you were going to bed."

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which word has the MOST similar connotation to the word wriggling in this sentences from the passage?

Here we used to watch our gay young polliwops grow into frogs, one leg at a time coming out to each corner of their fat wriggling bodies.

• Moving

• Twisting

• Turning

• Squirming

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What do the narrator and her little sister show by naming one the frogs the "General"?

• That they felt he was too old

• Their interest in the military

• That they feared him

• Their respect for his age

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

One can infer from the text that the narrator's greatest accomplishment was

• to assign the frog's names and be able to tell them apart

• to save the frogs and build a hospital for them

• to have all of the frogs sing at once, all facing the right way on the board

• to have convinced her father to build the froggery

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which statement best states the main idea for paragraph 3?

• The narrator named the frogs and was able to tell them apart

• The narrator took extra care to ensure that the frogs were safe and comfortable

• The narrator spent time and energy trying to teach the frogs to sing in unison

• The narrator would would enjoy falling asleep to sounds of her frogs

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which statement best represents the theme of passage?

• The act of caring can bring a person personal joy

• Caring for frogs is important for everyone

• Song brings joy to people and animals

• Parents should allow children to follow their dreams

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2