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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to this poem, what do the book lice and the moth have in common?
(a) They eat the glue from book bindings.
(b) They are nervous.
(c) They fly.
(d) They are in love.

2. How are people like the mayfly?
(a) Most people do not think about others as they speed through life.
(b) Most people do not think about the consequences of their actions.
(c) Most people lazily drift through life.
(d) Most people rush through life, frantically trying to fit in as much as possible.

3. Joyful Noise is a book of ____________.
(a) Poems.
(b) Legal documents.
(c) Short stories.
(d) Essays.

4. To what else does the poet also compare the firefly?
(a) Zipping, zooming, and zany behavior.
(b) Singing, vocalizing, and warbling.
(c) Painting and brush strokes.
(d) Acting, shouting, ordering others around.

5. "Water Striders" describes the _________ action of this insect.
(a) Difficult.
(b) Detailed.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Simple.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Besides F, what are three other frequently used letters in "Fireflies?"

3. What are the homes of the lice?

4. Can humans relate to the mayfly's short time on earth?

5. From whose perspective is "Grasshoppers?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the poem "Book Lice" do for English literature?

2. If you only had twenty-four hours to live, what would you do? Why?

3. What is the purpose of this book?

4. How does a mayfly's life compare to our own?

5. What is the mood of the book lice poem? Why?

6. How are these lice like people?

7. How does the poet use words to make the movement of the firefly more exciting and vivid? Do you think this is effective? Why or why not?

8. How are these book lice opposites? How do they get past this?

9. How can a person relate to this moth?

10. What story does "Moth's Serenade" tell? What does this explain about moths?

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