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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Water Boatmen and The Digger Wasp.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the two lice spend this poem doing?
(a) Trying to climb to a higher shelf.
(b) Describing their lives on various book shelves and their life as a couple.
(c) Eating glue from the book bindings.
(d) Arguing with each other.

3. How do the letters that are the answer to number 54 have emphasis placed on them?
(a) By using them repeatedly.
(b) By using them at the beginning of most of the lines.
(c) By putting them in bold print.
(d) By only using words that begin with these letters.

4. What is another reason why this word is repeated in "Water Boatmen?"
(a) It reflects the laziness of these insects.
(b) It creates a lulling pattern to relax the reader.
(c) It shows how trained they are at their work.
(d) It reflects the determination of these focused insects.

5. Like the mayfly, people often have feelings of nostalgia towards what?
(a) Their friends.
(b) People do not feel nostalgic.
(c) Their families.
(d) Their youth.

Short Answer Questions

1. This speaking imitates ___________.

2. Joyful Noise is a book of ____________.

3. "The Digger Wasp" tells of the life of a digger wasp as it prepares for what?

4. For what else does the digger wasp prepare?

5. How are people like the water boatmen?

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