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

2. How do the book lice meet?
(a) They are introduced to each other by their parents.
(b) They are roommates.
(c) They met online.
(d) Accidentally.

3. Will the digger wasp ever see its offspring?
(a) Yes, but only for a short while.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, for their entire lives.
(d) Yes, for several weeks.

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 symbolic representation.
(c) A figure of speech involving exaggeration.
(d) A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature.

5. Who reads which part of this book?
(a) Each person takes turns reading a paragraph.
(b) One person reads the lines on the left, while the other person reads the lines on the right.
(c) Each person takes turns reading a line.
(d) One person reads the odd chapters, while the other person reads the even ones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joyful Noise is a book of ____________.

2. Water boatmen are compared to whom?

3. Where do the grasshoppers hop?

4. Why do these two book lice compromise?

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

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