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

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

3. "Grasshoppers" is written so that the readers do what?
(a) Speak very quickly and loudly.
(b) Speak slowly and quietly.
(c) Say very different things.
(d) Say the same thing.

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

5. How else do they spend their time?
(a) Raising their children.
(b) Attacking other insects.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Mating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do mayflies and fireflies have in common?

2. The mayfly's birth and death take place when?

3. How do the mayflies view their lives?

4. "Book Lice" describes what?

5. How are people like the mayfly?

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