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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 is another mood that can be felt while reading "The Digger Wasp"?
(a) Hope.
(b) Annoyance.
(c) Passion.
(d) Fear.

2. How do the letters that are the answer to number 54 have emphasis placed on them?
(a) By putting them in bold print.
(b) By using them at the beginning of most of the lines.
(c) By only using words that begin with these letters.
(d) By using them repeatedly.

3. Who reads which part of this book?
(a) Each person takes turns reading a line.
(b) One person reads the lines on the left, while the other person reads the lines on the right.
(c) One person reads the odd chapters, while the other person reads the even ones.
(d) Each person takes turns reading a paragraph.

4. How does the poet specifically use this literary device?
(a) He has compared the firefly to Degas.
(b) He has placed verbs beginning with the same letter adjacent to each other.
(c) He has represented fireflies as the green army of the night sky.
(d) He has exaggerated the abilities of the firefly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the letter F important in "Fireflies?"

2. After the results of the water strider's attempts to teach others to walk on water, why might the water striders want to continue "teaching" others to walk on water?

3. "Water Striders" asks whether this insect's ability to walk on water is what?

4. This book is made to be read by ___________ people simultaneously.

5. Each poem is about a ___________ of insects.

(see the answer key)

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