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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mayflies and Fireflies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the vocabulary in "Grasshoppers" do for the readers?
(a) It creates a strange image in the reader's mind of the actions of a grasshopper.
(b) It makes the movements of the grasshoppers seem confusing.
(c) It creates a vivid image in the reader's mind of the actions of a grasshopper.
(d) It makes the grasshoppers seem lazy.

2. Are the water striders able to successfully teach others to walk on water?
(a) Usually.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Sometimes.

3. How are people like the mayfly?
(a) Most people lazily drift through life.
(b) Most people do not think about the consequences of their actions.
(c) Most people rush through life, frantically trying to fit in as much as possible.
(d) Most people do not think about others as they speed through life.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mood of "Fireflies?"

2. How do the mayflies spend their time?

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

4. When do the speakers say this, in regards to the answer to number 14?

5. This poem is also filled with ___________.

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