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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do mayflies and fireflies have in common?
(a) They light up.
(b) They fly.
(c) They live for one day.
(d) They are born and die in the same water source.

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

3. "Mayflies" describes the _________ life of the mayfly
(a) Lazy.
(b) Long.
(c) Short.
(d) Boring.

4. The water strider's ability to walk on water hints at what?
(a) Jesus Christ's ability to change water into wine.
(b) The lack of talent other insects have.
(c) The strange abilities of some insects.
(d) Jesus Christ's ability to walk on water.

5. How does the poet help the reader relate to fireflies?
(a) He compares the fireflies to dancers.
(b) He compares the fireflies to artists.
(c) He compare the fireflies to athletes.
(d) He compares the fireflies to musicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Like the mayfly, people often have feelings of nostalgia towards what?

2. The poet compares the firefly to what?

3. What words does the poet specifically use when he uses this literary device?

4. Where do the grasshoppers hop?

5. What is the mood of "Fireflies?"

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