I believe the answers are:
·<span>“I’d run my experiments over and over and over — just like an athlete operates.”
</span>·<span>The farmers in training hung on every word.</span><span>
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While I do not have the book and cannot give specifics
for similes, look for anything comparing two things with like or as
(he ran"like" a giraffe on stilts)
( she was "as" round as a balloon)
for metaphor it compares without like or as
( the girl was a cat sneaking up on her prey)
Queen Elizabeth was a great patron of Shakespeare
