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