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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the water strider feel when its students cannot perform its special skill?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Anger.
(c) Superiority.
(d) Happiness.

3. Can humans relate to the mayfly's short time on earth?
(a) Rarely.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Not usually.

4. Each poem is about a ___________ of insects.
(a) Group.
(b) Family.
(c) Species.
(d) Flock.

5. How is the letter F important in "Fireflies?"
(a) Only the important words begin with the letter F.
(b) Many words beginning with the letter F are used to describe the flight and light of the firefly through the night sky.
(c) Almost every word begins with the letter F.
(d) It is the letter used for the first word of every line.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the water striders call those they attempt to teach to walk on water?

3. Like the mayfly, people often have feelings of nostalgia towards what?

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

5. What do mayflies and fireflies have in common?

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