Excerpt from Snowflake Bentley

Why did Bentley want to take pictures of snowflakes?

• Because they were beautiful and intricate
• Because they melted before he could study them
• Because he couldn't draw them well
• All of the above 

Which words mean about the same as microscope?

• a device to make things look smaller
• a device to make things look bigger
• a device to make things disappear
• a device to make things darker

"He held evening slideshows on the lawns of his friends. Children and adults sat on the grass while he projected his slides onto a sheet hung over a clothesline." 
Which of the following is a synonym for the word project? 

• throw
• show
• plan
• made

• Definition 1
• Definition 2
• Definiton 3
• Definition 4

What does the author mean when she says "his book has taken the delicate snow crystals that once blew across Vermont, past mountains, over the earth"?

• a strong wind blew snow from Vermont, to all over the world
• snow from Vermont was frozen and taken around the world
• Bentley's book allowed the snow crystals from storms in Vermont to be viewed all over the world 
• Snowflakes can be found anywhere

Bentley's neighbor's said "Snow in Vermont is as common as dirt". This is an example of which type of figurative language? 

• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration 

What was Willies "gift to thr world?" 

• a plaque at a park near his home 
• a donation to a church
• his book with his photographs of snow crystals
• this story

Which of the following character traits would not describe Bentley? 

• intelligent
• unmotivated
• determined
• persevering 

Use this poem to answer the following question
Rain Around
 _{by Karel McKenzie}  
Rain dripping around me like torture Splashing like Earthquakes into the pond Tidal waves to frogs and toads But, nothing more than a quiver to us.   Rain is pelting down now Desperately trying to get through The water proof canvas on the tent And it will find a way, I will find myself dripping in the morning.
Which of the following is a simile from the poem?

• “nothing more to us than a quiver”
• “splashing like earthquakes into the pond”   
• “rain is pelting down now”
• “the waterproof canvas on the tent”

Using context clues in the sentence below, what word is the best synonym for "intricate"? 
Their intricate patterns were even more beautiful than he had imagined.

• simple
• hideous
• complex
• hidden