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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are people like the mayfly?
(a) Most people lazily drift through life.
(b) Most people rush through life, frantically trying to fit in as much as possible.
(c) Most people do not think about others as they speed through life.
(d) Most people do not think about the consequences of their actions.

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

3. _______________ are used to help people to better understand the insect world around them.
(a) Scientific words.
(b) Animal instincts.
(c) Insect behavior.
(d) Human emotion and perspective.

4. To emphasize the powerful and image-provoking verbs used by the poet, he has used what literary device?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Allusion.

5. Who reads which part of this book?
(a) One person reads the lines on the left, while the other person reads the lines on the right.
(b) One person reads the odd chapters, while the other person reads the even ones.
(c) Each person takes turns reading a paragraph.
(d) Each person takes turns reading a line.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words does the poet specifically use when he uses this literary device?

2. How do the mayflies spend their time?

3. Why does the mayfly feel nostalgia?

4. "Water Striders" describes the _________ action of this insect.

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

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