1 What does the speaker take from the flax-dam? A clump of rotting flax Several of the frogs Frogspawn Bluebottle larvae 2 What does the character Miss Walls do in the poem? She describes the life of the frogs. She pushes the speaker into the flax-dam. She punishes the speaker for bringing frog tadpoles to class. She rescues the speaker from the bullfrogs. 3 What does the speaker take from the flax-dam? Frogspawn A clump of rotting flax Several of the frogs Bluebottle larvae 4 Who or what invades the flax-dam? The British army The tadpoles The dragonflies The frogs 5 Who are "the great slime kings?" The frogs The speaker's parents The speaker and his friends The teachers at school 6 The frogspawn turns green in the sun and brown in the rain. False True 7 What does "the thick warm slobber" refer to? The jam the speaker eats at school The rotting flax The saliva of the speaker's childhood dog The frogspawn 8 What does the speaker compare to sails? The window's curtains The skirts of his teacher Miss Walls Gauze The frogs' dewlaps 9 When in the speaker's life does this poem take place? In the speaker's projected future In the present moment In the speaker's childhood In the speaker's imagination 10 The title of this poem refers to the death of someone the speaker cares deeply about. False True 11 Where does the speaker keep the frogspawn? At home In jampots At school All of the above 12 What does the speaker compare to gauze in the poem? The texture of the frogspawn. The sound of the bluebottles. The sound of the croaking frogs. The screen in the window next to the frogspawn. 13 How is the word "rank" used in this poem? To compare the frogs to an army. To describe how the speaker chooses his favorite creatures in the flax-dam. To describe the foul smell of the fertilizer in the fields. To describe how Miss Walls's class is organized. 14 How old is the speaker of the poem currently (at the time of writing this poem)? The speaker's current age is not specified Thirteen Thirty-five Seventy-five 15 What is described as "[growing]...In the shade of the banks"? The hedges The flax The frogspawn The tadpoles 16 During which season does this poem most likely occur? Fall Spring Summer Winter 17 What happens at the end of the poem? The speaker dips his hand into the frogspawn, and it clutches him. The speaker returns the tadpoles to the flax-dam. The speaker flees the flax-dam. The speaker is attacked by the frogs. 18 How does the speaker feel at the end of the poem? Disgusted and afraid Apprehensive and curious Shaken and exhausted Ecstatic and invigorated 19 Which of the following is NOT a word used to describe the frogspawn? Slime Dots Specks Slobber 20 This poem is in iambic pentameter. False True 21 What produces the "bass chorus" that the speaker mentions? The schoolchildren The bluebottles The frogspawn The bullfrogs 22 What sorts of bugs does the speaker see in the flax-dam? Bluebottles, mosquitoes, and beetles Bluebottles, dragonflies, and butterflies Moths, butterflies, and water spiders Water spiders, dragonflies, and beetles 23 Where is the cow dung that the speaker mentions in the second stanza? In the schoolyard The flax-dam The speaker's backyard at home The fields 24 What in this poem "sweltered in the punishing sun"? Miss Walls The speaker The flax-dam The frogs 25 What does the speaker make "jampotfuls" of? Jam Bluebottle larvae Frogspawn Clotted water