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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Grasshoppers and Water Striders.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom do the water striders try to teach to walk on water?
(a) Young water striders.
(b) Small mammals.
(c) Other insect species.
(d) People.

2. This book is made to be read by ___________ people simultaneously.
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

3. This speaking imitates ___________.
(a) The movements of the old grasshoppers.
(b) The movements of one grasshopper.
(c) The movements of the young grasshoppers.
(d) The movements of the grasshoppers.

4. In this poem, the viewer is ________________ the grasshoppers.
(a) Hunting.
(b) One of.
(c) Ignoring.
(d) Observing the actions of.

5. After the results of the water strider's attempts to teach others to walk on water, why might the water striders want to continue "teaching" others to walk on water?
(a) They do not want to give up on their desire to teach others to walk on water.
(b) They think it is funny to see others fall in the water.
(c) They want to make others fall in the water.
(d) They have nothing better to do.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When do the speakers say this, in regards to the answer to number 14?

3. Where do the grasshoppers hop?

4. This poem is also filled with ___________.

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

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