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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Lice and The Moth's Serenade.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. It is interesting to see from the mayfly's perspective regarding what?
(a) The length of the mayfly's life.
(b) The way they raise their young.
(c) The type of food they eat.
(d) The way they swim.

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

4. "Mayflies" ________________ tells of the brief life of the mayfly.
(a) Angrily.
(b) Dramatically.
(c) Matter-of-factly.
(d) Sadly.

5. What words does the poet specifically use when he uses this literary device?
(a) The firefly dances like the dancers in Degas' paintings.
(b) Glimmering, gleaming, glowing.
(c) The firefly lights up the entire night sky.
(d) The light-hearted actions of the firefly is an allegory of spring.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the mayfly feel nostalgia?

3. "Book Lice" describes what?

4. "Fireflies" tells of the _________ of a firefly.

5. The mayfly's birth and death take place when?

(see the answer key)

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