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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. "Grasshoppers" describes the grasshoppers' _______________ movements and energy.
(a) Lazy.
(b) Circular.
(c) Bounding.
(d) Slow.

2. "Grasshoppers" describes the __________ of grasshoppers.
(a) Hatching.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Dying.
(d) Eating.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This poem is also filled with ___________.

2. 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?

3. This book is made to be read by ___________ people simultaneously.

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

5. The water strider's ability to walk on water hints at what?

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