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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 does the moth do throughout the entirety of this poem?
(a) It asks other insects questions.
(b) It eats peanut butter.
(c) It complains about the porch light.
(d) It serenades the porch light.

2. What words does the poet specifically use when he uses this literary device?
(a) Glimmering, gleaming, glowing.
(b) The firefly dances like the dancers in Degas' paintings.
(c) The firefly lights up the entire night sky.
(d) The light-hearted actions of the firefly is an allegory of spring.

3. What aspects of humanity can be learned from the book lice poem?
(a) How love affects lice.
(b) How to meet others.
(c) How compromise is needed in relationships.
(d) Why book lice eat books.

4. How are people like the digger wasp?
(a) People never live to see their offspring.
(b) People have wings.
(c) People also make sacrifices for each other.
(d) People are insects.

5. Humans can _________________ over people and things, much like the moth in "The Moth's Serenade."
(a) Worry.
(b) Obsess.
(c) Become angry.
(d) Become sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mood of "Fireflies?"

2. Can humans relate to the mayfly's short time on earth?

3. How do the mayflies view their lives?

4. What is the mood of "The Moth's Serenade?"

5. "Mayflies" describes the _________ life of the mayfly

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