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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mayflies and Fireflies.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the water strider's special skill?
(a) It can dive into deep water.
(b) It can walk on water.
(c) It can fly.
(d) It can glow in the dark.

3. "Grasshoppers" describes the __________ of grasshoppers.
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Dying.
(c) Hatching.
(d) Eating.

4. "Grasshoppers" describes the grasshoppers' _______________ movements and energy.
(a) Circular.
(b) Slow.
(c) Bounding.
(d) Lazy.

5. How do the mayflies spend their time?
(a) Frantically flying about.
(b) Eating.
(c) Lazily flying about.
(d) Sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Water Striders" describes the _________ action of this insect.

2. What is some of the vocabulary used by the poet to describe the grasshoppers?

3. Besides F, what are three other frequently used letters in "Fireflies?"

4. How are people like the mayfly?

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

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