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

2. "Water Striders" asks whether this insect's ability to walk on water is what?
(a) Useful.
(b) Fun.
(c) A miracle.
(d) Dangerous.

3. 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) One right after the other.
(d) Only one at a time with space in between.

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

5. What do the water striders call those they attempt to teach to walk on water?
(a) Their enemies.
(b) Their friends.
(c) Their students.
(d) Their proteges.

Short Answer Questions

1. Are the water striders able to successfully teach others to walk on water?

2. What is the water strider's special skill?

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

4. 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?

5. This poem is also filled with ___________.

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