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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Lice and The Moth's Serenade.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the mayflies spend their time?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Frantically flying about.
(c) Eating.
(d) Lazily flying about.

2. What does the water strider feel when its students cannot perform its special skill?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Anger.
(c) Superiority.
(d) Happiness.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the letters that are the answer to number 54 have emphasis placed on them?

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. How does the poet help the reader relate to fireflies?

4. "Mayflies" ________________ tells of the brief life of the mayfly.

5. How do the reactions of other insects compare to others in history regarding this feat?

(see the answer key)

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