Grade 3 Reading—Released Items: Questions 17-19 from a reading assessment.

I can see these are reading comprehension questions, but I need to read the actual passage or story that these questions refer to in order to answer them correctly. The questions ask about:

17. Why Billy was in a hurry
18. Why Grandfather Frog was sleeping
19. Why Jerry laughs when he sees Grandfather Frog

These questions all relate to a story that should have been provided with these test items. Without reading the original passage, I cannot determine which answers (A, B, C, or D) are correct for each question.

To help you solve these problems accurately, I would need to see the reading passage that these questions are based on. Could you provide the story or text that goes with these questions?