Making Inferences about "Birdfoot's Grampa"

Question 1

What can readers infer about the narrator’s personality?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The narrator is impatient.

Question 2

the manlife✔ raindropstime

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ raindrops

Question 3

What can readers infer from the line “live drops of rain”?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It was a stormy night.

Question 4

Choose the correct inference for each excerpt from the poem.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

"the small toads blinded / by our lights":: The toads are blinded by the car’s headlights.; "you can't save them all":: The narrator does not want to stop to save toads.

Question 5

What two things are being compared in the metaphor in this passage? Answer by completing the sentence.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ toads; The metaphor in this part of the poem compares and .: toads; The metaphor in this part of the poem compares and .: raindrops

Question 6

The toads are swimming in the road.✔ The toads are blinded by the car’s headlights.The toads cannot see at night.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ The toads are blinded by the car’s headlights.; "the small toads blinded / by our lights":: The toads are blinded by the car’s headlights.; "you can't save them all":: The narrator does not want to stop to save toads.

Question 7

What does the man mean when he says, “they have places to go to too”?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

He believes that all living things are important.

Question 8

The narrator does not like toads.✔ The narrator does not want to stop to save toads.The narrator is worried about his grandpa’s health.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ The narrator does not want to stop to save toads.

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