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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 are the homes of the lice?
(a) Children's heads.
(b) Fruits.
(c) Encyclopedias.
(d) Books by famous authors.

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

3. What factual information does "Book Lice" give about lice?
(a) Information regarding their favorite books.
(b) Information regarding their birth and life in the bindings of books.
(c) Information about how they compromise for the sake of their love.
(d) information about how they meet other lice.

4. What does the mayfly desire?
(a) A longer life.
(b) More friends.
(c) A shorter life.
(d) More food.

5. Are the water striders able to successfully teach others to walk on water?
(a) No.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) Usually.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joyful Noise is a book of ____________.

2. What is the mood of "Water Boatmen?"

3. What is the mood of "Book Lice?"

4. How else do they spend their time?

5. How do the letters that are the answer to number 54 have emphasis placed on them?

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