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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. How else do they spend their time?
(a) Raising their children.
(b) Mating.
(c) Attacking other insects.
(d) Swimming.

2. "Water Boatmen" frequently repeats what word?
(a) Jump.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Swim.
(d) Dive.

3. How are people like the mayfly?
(a) Most people rush through life, frantically trying to fit in as much as possible.
(b) Most people do not think about others as they speed through life.
(c) Most people lazily drift through life.
(d) Most people do not think about the consequences of their actions.

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

5. "Grasshoppers" is written so that the readers do what?
(a) Say very different things.
(b) Speak very quickly and loudly.
(c) Speak slowly and quietly.
(d) Say the same thing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the water striders react to the consequences of trying to teach others to walk on water?

2. Only when does the mayfly seem to feel nostalgia?

3. What happened after the two book lice met?

4. "The Digger Wasp" tells of the life of a digger wasp as it prepares for what?

5. According to this poem, what else do the moth and the book lice have in common?

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