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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Grasshoppers and Water Striders.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the speakers say this, in regards to the answer to number 14?
(a) At the same time.
(b) Very slowly at the same time.
(c) Only one at a time with space in between.
(d) One right after the other.

2. What is some of the vocabulary used by the poet to describe the grasshoppers?
(a) Bounders, leapers, springers, soarers, bounders, leapers, springers, soarers.
(b) Acrobats, circlers, twirlers, flippers.
(c) Sliders, runners, sprinters. spinners.
(d) Hurdlers, racers, gymnasts, slow-moving.

3. From whose perspective is "Grasshoppers?"
(a) Another insect.
(b) The observer.
(c) A group of grasshoppers.
(d) A grasshopper.

4. Where do the grasshoppers hop?
(a) Through their environment.
(b) In a tree.
(c) In a cage.
(d) Through someone's house.

5. "Water Striders" describes the _________ action of this insect.
(a) Difficult.
(b) Simple.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Detailed.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______________ are used to help people to better understand the insect world around them.

2. Unlike "Grasshoppers," "Water Striders" is from the perspective of whom?

3. What does the water strider feel when its students cannot perform its special skill?

4. This poem is also filled with ___________.

5. After the results of the water strider's attempts to teach others to walk on water, why might the water striders want to continue "teaching" others to walk on water?

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