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

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

3. When do the speakers say this, in regards to the answer to number 14?
(a) One right after the other.
(b) At the same time.
(c) Very slowly at the same time.
(d) Only one at a time with space in between.

4. The poet compares the firefly to what?
(a) Reading, writing, and arithmetic.
(b) Swimming, stroking, and gliding.
(c) Dancing, twirling, and bounding.
(d) Ink, calligraphy, and penmanship.

5. 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 only using words that begin with these letters.
(c) By using them repeatedly.
(d) By using them at the beginning of most of the lines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do these two book lice compromise?

2. Why is the answer to number 90 repeated in the poem?

3. The descriptive words and the use of ____________________ reflects the moths' intense feelings.

4. What kind of poem is "Moth's Serenade?"

5. How do the mayflies view their lives?

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