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Paint in the Morning
Penguins are Funny Birds
Rafiki Means Friend
Tadpole
Haiku -- A Song of the Earth
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As used in the passage, what does the word lanai mean?
a porch
100
What does the word portable meant
What is can be moved around
100
The sentence "Raha ran like the wind" means that Raha
ran swiftly
100
In the poem, Pickerel is a kind of
animal
100
According to the passage, all of the poets who wrote haiku
watched and listened
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Which best describes Malia's Problem in the passage?
She needs time alone in order to paint.
200
male and female penguins are both good parents...fact or opinion?
What is and opinion
200
Her mouth craved fish and coconut, or a golden papaya, juicy and sweet." What does craved mean?
wanted
200
Which line from the poem best identifies the setting?
She cradles herself among bulrushes and willows
200
In the first haiku, the poet Soin describes Dutch writing as "comical" most likely because it
contained puns and was humorous and amusing
300
Which word best describes malia?
What is patient
300
a penguin chick will find its way to the sea for the first time when it
Needs to look for its own food
300
Whick detail from the passage best describes the conflict?
"...all the other runners wore shoes and Raha didn't want to be different."
300
Tadpole dodges the jaws/of Wather TIgers,/Pickerel./and even her own kin What is an antonym of dodges?
aims for
300
which of the statements from the passage is a fact?
Each three line verse contained about seventeen syllables...
400
The passage is about a girl who wants to paint the colors of
What is the sun and sky
400
The author says that the penguin chicks "Look Like sagging bags of laundry!" This probably means that they look
What is stuffed
400
Which word is an antonym of familiar?
strange
400
The ruffled skirt of the pond most likely refers to the
The edge of the pond
400
The prefix pre- helps the reader know that the phrase prehaiku period most likely refers to
What is a time before haikus
500
The passage shows that Malia is someone's
sister
500
Which of these statements is supported by information in the passage?
penguin chicks depend on their parents for food
500
What is the author's purpose for writing the passage?
to entertain the reader with an interesting story
500
The poet most likely wrote the poem to
tell about an animal that wants to change
500
The author writes, "The old poets are not the only writers of haiku." Which statement best supports this claim?
Today Japanese farmers, shopkeepers, grandparents, and wtudents wirte it...