The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket

Read the following line from paragraph 3 of the story.

The child with the red lantern discarded it as a tasteless object that could be bought at a store.

Which revision uses a verb phrase to show a shift in time?

• The child with the red lantern, discarding it as a tasteless object that could be bought at a store.

• The child with the red lantern wanted to discard it as a tasteless object that could be bought at a store.

• The child with the red lantern had discarded it as a tasteless object that could be bought at a store.

• The child with the red lantern discards it as a tasteless object that could be bought at a store.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.5

Read paragraph 12. What does the description of the boy suggest is about to be revealed?

• The grasshopper will turn out to be a cricket.

• The boy has a special feeling about this particular girl.

• The boy is going to read his name on the kimono the girl wore.

• The girl is about to show off her superior knowledge of nature.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read this quote from paragraph 23.

This chance interplay of red and green—if it was chance or play—neither Fujio nor Kiyoko knew about.

By saying if it was chance, the author is most likely implying that —

• the letters were cut out so they would project onto the person ahead

• everything that happens in life is designed

• the interplay of the children’s names was meant to happen

• the children missed seeing the interplay of their names

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Based on context, what is the most likely definition of aperture in paragraph 23?

• An opening such as a hole

• A tear in a sheet of paper

• A handmade lantern

• The effect of a shadow

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the quotation from paragraph 26:

Probably you will find a girl like a grasshopper whom you think is a bell cricket.

What type of literary device is this?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which two quotes from the story contain a verb phrase?

• How silly of me not to have understood his actions until now!

• Without going any farther, I knew that it was a group of children on an insect chase . . .

• These were the twenty children and their beautiful lanterns that I now saw before me.

• Lightly turning his body, the boy gracefully bent forward

• Probably you will find a girl like a grasshopper whom you think is a bell cricket

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Which evidence from the story might lead you to infer that Japanese culture places much value on beautiful handmade items?

• The children seemed to take great pride in the individual lanterns they created.

• The lanterns the children took on their insect hunt were various colors.

• No child went insect hunting without a lantern of some type

• The lanterns brought out the shadows of the bushes.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What hint does the story give you that the narrator is most likely either a teacher or an older student?

• He was reluctant to part with the sound of an insect nearby.

• He was walking along the wall of the university.

• He continually referred to other characters as children.

• He was interested in the psychological motivations of the children.

Though Fujio repeatedly called out asking whether anyone wanted a grasshopper, he waited until the last small group of children came over before he gave away the insect. How do these actions relate to a theme of the story?

• He was holding out on the children to make his offer seem more valuable, underscoring a theme of greed.

• He wasn’t really sure he wanted to give up the insect he had spotted, underscoring a theme of difficult decisions.

• He was trying to decide whether the insect was a grasshopper or a bell cricket, underscoring a theme of the effect of personal insecurity.

• He was waiting for the girl he was particularly fond of to come over, underscoring a theme of the first stirrings of romantic love.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

what does the story implies at the end concerning Fujio and Kiyoko?

• They will be friends forever

• Each one of them found someone special.

• They like explore nature in Japan.

• They will go to school together.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3