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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. What kind of poem is "Moth's Serenade?"
(a) A factual poem.
(b) A love poem.
(c) An educational poem.
(d) A Haiku.

2. Where do the grasshoppers hop?
(a) Through someone's house.
(b) Through their environment.
(c) In a cage.
(d) In a tree.

3. What do mayflies and fireflies have in common?
(a) They light up.
(b) They fly.
(c) They are born and die in the same water source.
(d) They live for one day.

4. To emphasize the powerful and image-provoking verbs used by the poet, he has used what literary device?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Allusion.

5. What happened after the two book lice met?
(a) They shared a book as a home.
(b) They tried to move to separate shelves.
(c) They fell in love.
(d) They got into a fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are people like the water boatmen?

2. What does the mayfly desire?

3. How do the mayflies see their youth?

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

5. What words does the poet specifically use when he uses this literary device?

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