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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Water Boatmen and The Digger Wasp.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Digger Wasp" tells of the life of a digger wasp as it prepares for what?
(a) The spring floods.
(b) The end of summer.
(c) Night.
(d) The arrival of its offspring.

2. "Book Lice" describes what?
(a) The life and love of two book lice.
(b) The personalities of book lice.
(c) The movements of book lice.
(d) The hobbies of two book lice.

3. What do the two lice spend this poem doing?
(a) Eating glue from the book bindings.
(b) Arguing with each other.
(c) Trying to climb to a higher shelf.
(d) Describing their lives on various book shelves and their life as a couple.

4. From whose perspective is "Grasshoppers?"
(a) A grasshopper.
(b) Another insect.
(c) The observer.
(d) A group of grasshoppers.

5. "Fireflies" tells of the _________ of a firefly.
(a) Sounds.
(b) Food.
(c) Life.
(d) Light.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might these insects want to teach others to walk on water?

2. What happens when the water boatmen reach their destination?

3. How do the mayflies spend their time?

4. What is the definition of the literary device that is the answer to number 42?

5. Humans can _________________ over people and things, much like the moth in "The Moth's Serenade."

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