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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Whirligig Beetles and Requiem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Book Lice" describes what?
(a) The hobbies of two book lice.
(b) The movements of book lice.
(c) The life and love of two book lice.
(d) The personalities of book lice.

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

3. This speaking imitates ___________.
(a) The movements of the young grasshoppers.
(b) The movements of the old grasshoppers.
(c) The movements of one grasshopper.
(d) The movements of the grasshoppers.

4. How long have the cicadas spent in the dark?
(a) Three years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Five years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mood of "The Moth's Serenade?"

2. What is the mood of "Mayflies?"

3. "The Digger Wasp" is told from whose perspective?

4. In this poem, the viewer is ________________ the grasshoppers.

5. How is personification used in "Book Lice?"

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