Frog Nursery Quiz

Why did the girls let the smallest frogs out of the nursery once a day?

• so they could stretch their legs.

• so they could learn how to swim.

• so they could find their own bugs.

• so they could play with the bigger frogs.

Select the sentence that best states how the story ends.

• The frogs all hop away and find another home.

• The father finishes building the fences made of wire netting.

• The sisters enjoy listening to their frogs singing as they go to sleep.

• All the frogs grow up, learn how to sit quietly in line, and become the best singers in the country.

How did the sisters try to get the frogs to stand in a line?

• by placing them in tin cans

• by making fences out of wire netting

• by putting a little board across the pool

• by tying a long string around one of their legs

Which of the following sentences best supports the answer to Number 3?

• Then, we placed them in tin cans filled with water.

• My father put pieces of wire netting into the water for fences.

• We tied a long string very gently round one of their hind legs.

• We used to put a nice little board across the pool.

The little frogs were sleepy. They kept tumbling into the water.

What does the word tumbling mean as it is used in this passage?

• falling suddenly

• making something messy

• performing a gymnastic exercise

• dropping rapidly in amount or value

Which sentence states a central message of the story?

• No one really wants to help polliwogs grow into frogs.

• Polliwogs enjoy warm, summer days in a can.

• Frogs can be trained to sit still on a log to eat.

• You must work hard to keep a frog nursery.

Choose a sentence that must be included in a summary of the story.

• The summer was a time when we played outside.

• We had some fences made of wire netting.

• A frog nursery was made in a pool of cool water.

• There were some flat stones near the brook.

Read the following sentence from paragraph.

One of the things we cared for most was our frog nursery.

What does the word nursery mean as it is used in this passage?

• a room in a house made especially for young children

• a place where plants are raised from seedlings

• a natural home where young animals can grow

• a place for young children to stay while parents work