Bug Bites Quiz

____ are insects or small animals which damage crops or food supplies.

• Pests
• Edible 
• Outnumbered
• ancestors

Silkworm ____ are popular to eat in Cambodia.

• edible
• pests
• Larvae
• catches

Trantulas are ______ and delicous!

• inedible
• edible
• numerous
• tasts

Would you feel ____ about eating a trantula or dragonfly?

• critical
• settled
• estatic
• squeamish

The _____ of 27 are 9 and 3.

• factor
• pests
• division
• exponent

One ___ I think of before I get dressed is the temperature outside.

• factor
• ticket
• estimate
• nutrient

____, he points out the fly in his soup to the waiter.

• blissfully
• Outraged
• Estatically
• jubliantly

Read these lines from Bug Bites.
   
 “Yet lots of bugs are nutritious, tasty, and perfectly safe to eat.” 
The author of this article uses this line to show-- 

•  that they embrace the idea of eating bugs
• that they abhor the idea of eating bugs
• that they have no opinion about eating bugs
• none of the above

Why does the author of “Bug Bites” describe the history of eating bugs and how numerous they are in the section Eat Up!  We’re Outnumbered?

• to make sure you know the history of bug consumption.
• to justify that people have been eating bugs in the past, is still a possibility in the future, and many countries still eat them today.
• none of the above
• all of the above

Which lines from the passage best expresses the author’s anticipation of what the future holds for eating bugs?

• Attitudes about bugs are already changing.
• Other parts of the world also have forbidden foods.
• Have you heard the one about the customer who finds a fly in his soup?
• If we can get over the ‘Gross!’ factor, bugs could one day become part of our daily diet.