
The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket
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English
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9th Grade
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CHRISTINE EVANS
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
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.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
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.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
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.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
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.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
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.
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
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