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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through House Crickets and Chrysalis Diary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the poet specifically use this literary device?
(a) He has exaggerated the abilities of the firefly.
(b) He has represented fireflies as the green army of the night sky.
(c) He has placed verbs beginning with the same letter adjacent to each other.
(d) He has compared the firefly to Degas.

2. What does the water strider feel when its students cannot perform its special skill?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Superiority.
(d) Anger.

3. What does the mayfly desire?
(a) A shorter life.
(b) More friends.
(c) A longer life.
(d) More food.

4. The poet creates what between the two readers in "Cicadas?"
(a) An argument.
(b) An echo.
(c) A dance.
(d) A discussion.

5. What does this poem about house crickets explain about these crickets?
(a) Why they like other insects.
(b) Why they live in people's homes.
(c) Why they are annoying.
(d) Why they make the sounds they make.

Short Answer Questions

1. The house cricket bases its understanding of the _______________ on the crumbs and spills left by the homeowners

2. "Honeybees" is quite different from the previous poems. Why?

3. According to this poem, what do the book lice and the moth have in common?

4. How else do they spend their time?

5. This speaking imitates ___________.

(see the answer key)

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