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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what else does the poet also compare the firefly?
(a) Zipping, zooming, and zany behavior.
(b) Painting and brush strokes.
(c) Acting, shouting, ordering others around.
(d) Singing, vocalizing, and warbling.

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

3. What is the mood of "Fireflies?"
(a) Bored.
(b) Anger.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Anxious.

4. What is significant about the answer to number 38?
(a) It makes a firefly very similar to other species of insects.
(b) It makes a firefly seem scary and strange.
(c) It makes a firefly truly distinct among insects.
(d) It makes a firefly very dangerous.

5. Whom do the water striders try to teach to walk on water?
(a) People.
(b) Other insect species.
(c) Small mammals.
(d) Young water striders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the grasshoppers hop?

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

3. How do the letters that are the answer to number 54 have emphasis placed on them?

4. It is interesting to see from the mayfly's perspective regarding what?

5. Who reads which part of this book?

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