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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. Joyful Noise is a book of ____________.
(a) Legal documents.
(b) Poems.
(c) Short stories.
(d) Essays.

2. 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.

3. 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?
(a) They have nothing better to do.
(b) They want to make others fall in the water.
(c) They think it is funny to see others fall in the water.
(d) They do not want to give up on their desire to teach others to walk on water.

4. In this poem, the viewer is ________________ the grasshoppers.
(a) Hunting.
(b) One of.
(c) Observing the actions of.
(d) Ignoring.

5. How do the water striders react to the consequences of trying to teach others to walk on water?
(a) Angered.
(b) Worried.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Surprised.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Grasshoppers" describes the grasshoppers' _______________ movements and energy.

3. Whom do the water striders try to teach to walk on water?

4. What does the vocabulary in "Grasshoppers" do for the readers?

5. Each poem is about a ___________ of insects.

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