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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. How do the mayflies see their youth?
(a) They think nothing of their youth.
(b) As only yesterday.
(c) As an anxious period of time.
(d) As so very long ago.

2. Who reads which part of this book?
(a) One person reads the odd chapters, while the other person reads the even ones.
(b) Each person takes turns reading a line.
(c) Each person takes turns reading a paragraph.
(d) One person reads the lines on the left, while the other person reads the lines on the right.

3. How does the poet help the reader relate to fireflies?
(a) He compares the fireflies to dancers.
(b) He compare the fireflies to athletes.
(c) He compares the fireflies to musicians.
(d) He compares the fireflies to artists.

4. What do the two lice spend this poem doing?
(a) Arguing with each other.
(b) Trying to climb to a higher shelf.
(c) Describing their lives on various book shelves and their life as a couple.
(d) Eating glue from the book bindings.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the water striders call those they attempt to teach to walk on water?

3. What does this poem about book lice introduce to the reader?

4. What words does the poet specifically use when he uses this literary device?

5. Humans can _________________ over people and things, much like the moth in "The Moth's Serenade."

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