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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through House Crickets and Chrysalis Diary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is personification used in "Book Lice?"
(a) These two lice go to school.
(b) These two lice are given human names.
(c) These two lice are given human emotions.
(d) These two lice wear clothes and go to work.

2. How can people relate to the worker bee?
(a) Many people make honey.
(b) Many people work for a queen.
(c) Many people work hard and do not feel they get their just reward.
(d) Many people are lazy and like to lay around all day.

3. How does "Requiem" end?
(a) By giving the names of the insects who have died.
(b) By giving the insects homes.
(c) By blaming people for the deaths of these insects.
(d) By giving the cause of death.

4. What is the definition of the literary device that is the answer to number 42?
(a) The repetition of the initial consonant with at least two repetitions in a row.
(b) A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature.
(c) A symbolic representation.
(d) A figure of speech involving exaggeration.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mood of "Book Lice?"

2. According to these beetles, this ____________ way of moving is the best way to move.

3. What are the homes of the lice?

4. Each poem is about a ___________ of insects.

5. Unlike "Grasshoppers," "Water Striders" is from the perspective of whom?

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