Fireflies!

Your Name:

What is the setting?

• winter/daytime

• summer/night

• long, long time ago/daytime

• none of the above

What is one way that the author lets you know that the boy is excited?

• he wasn’t really that excited

• he cried

• he screamed

• he ate really quickly

Lots of kids from the neighborhood were excited about catching fireflies.

• True

• False

At the end of the book, what does the boy compare the fireflies to?

• yellow polka dots

• stars dancing

• streaks of lightning

• All of the above

The boy pokes holes in the jar so that the fireflies can fly out.

• True

• False

What are the three main reasons that an author writes?

• to make us read, pout, and go to sleep

• to make a lot of money so he or she can buy more books

• persuade, entertain, and author's purpose

• persuade, inform, entertain

How do we know the boy is excited when he is leaving the

basement?

• He almost fell running up the stairs

• He almost dropped the jar

• He ran up the stairs two at a time

• He starts crying

The crowd of people _______________ the door

open at the store to see what was on sale.

• polishing

• beated on

• grasp

• sang

Peter wasn’t able to read his favorite book in

the _______________ light.

• aimed

• polishing

• dim

• thrust