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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Like the mayfly, people often have feelings of nostalgia towards what?
(a) People do not feel nostalgic.
(b) Their youth.
(c) Their friends.
(d) Their families.

2. "Grasshoppers" describes the __________ of grasshoppers.
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Eating.
(c) Dying.
(d) Hatching.

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

4. Joyful Noise is a book of ____________.
(a) Legal documents.
(b) Essays.
(c) Short stories.
(d) Poems.

5. Unlike "Grasshoppers," "Water Striders" is from the perspective of whom?
(a) A human.
(b) One of the water striders.
(c) A group of water striders.
(d) A grasshopper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about the answer to number 38?

2. "Grasshoppers" describes the grasshoppers' _______________ movements and energy.

3. The water strider's ability to walk on water hints at what?

4. When do the speakers say this, in regards to the answer to number 14?

5. Besides F, what are three other frequently used letters in "Fireflies?"

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