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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cicadas and Honeybees.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What aspects of humanity can be learned from the book lice poem?
(a) How love affects lice.
(b) How compromise is needed in relationships.
(c) Why book lice eat books.
(d) How to meet others.

3. "The Digger Wasp" tells of the life of a digger wasp as it prepares for what?
(a) The arrival of its offspring.
(b) Night.
(c) The spring floods.
(d) The end of summer.

4. From where are the cicadas coming?
(a) Out of the ground.
(b) Out of caves.
(c) Out of the trees.
(d) Out of cocoons.

5. What is the mood of "The Moth's Serenade?"
(a) Angry.
(b) Annoyed.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Anxious.

Short Answer Questions

1. In this poem, the viewer is ________________ the grasshoppers.

2. What is the mood of "Mayflies?"

3. How does the poet help the reader relate to fireflies?

4. "Cicadas" tells of the _________ that cicadas feel.

5. Why might these insects want to teach others to walk on water?

(see the answer key)

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