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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Whirligig Beetles and Requiem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the two lice spend this poem doing?
(a) Trying to climb to a higher shelf.
(b) Describing their lives on various book shelves and their life as a couple.
(c) Eating glue from the book bindings.
(d) Arguing with each other.

2. This sense reflects the movements of the whirligig beetle where?
(a) In the trees.
(b) In the sand.
(c) In the water.
(d) In the air.

3. What aspects of humanity can be learned from the poem about moths?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Obsession and lust.
(c) Love.
(d) Perseverance.

4. What covers the pages of this poem reflect what?
(a) The way the beetles think.
(b) The habitat of the beetles.
(c) The ways in which the beetles move.
(d) The food the beetles eat.

5. It is interesting to see from the mayfly's perspective regarding what?
(a) The way they swim.
(b) The way they raise their young.
(c) The type of food they eat.
(d) The length of the mayfly's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What factual information does "Book Lice" give about lice?

2. "Book Lice" describes what?

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

4. What happened after the two book lice met?

5. What is another reason why this word is repeated in "Water Boatmen?"

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