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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mayflies and Fireflies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This speaking imitates ___________.
(a) The movements of the grasshoppers.
(b) The movements of the old grasshoppers.
(c) The movements of the young grasshoppers.
(d) The movements of one grasshopper.

2. How does the poet help the reader relate to fireflies?
(a) He compares the fireflies to artists.
(b) He compares the fireflies to dancers.
(c) He compare the fireflies to athletes.
(d) He compares the fireflies to musicians.

3. What does the vocabulary in "Grasshoppers" do for the readers?
(a) It makes the movements of the grasshoppers seem confusing.
(b) It creates a strange image in the reader's mind of the actions of a grasshopper.
(c) It makes the grasshoppers seem lazy.
(d) It creates a vivid image in the reader's mind of the actions of a grasshopper.

4. How do the mayflies spend their time?
(a) Frantically flying about.
(b) Lazily flying about.
(c) Eating.
(d) Sleeping.

5. The water strider's ability to walk on water hints at what?
(a) The lack of talent other insects have.
(b) Jesus Christ's ability to change water into wine.
(c) The strange abilities of some insects.
(d) Jesus Christ's ability to walk on water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joyful Noise is a book of ____________.

2. From whose perspective is "Grasshoppers?"

3. What is the definition of the literary device that is the answer to number 42?

4. Unlike "Grasshoppers," "Water Striders" is from the perspective of whom?

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

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