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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. In this poem, the viewer is ________________ the grasshoppers.
(a) Ignoring.
(b) Observing the actions of.
(c) One of.
(d) Hunting.

2. Do the poet's descriptive words and vivid imagery effectively describe the distinct light of the firefly?
(a) Yes.
(b) No, not at all.
(c) Mostly.
(d) No, not very well.

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

4. From whose perspective is "Grasshoppers?"
(a) A grasshopper.
(b) A group of grasshoppers.
(c) The observer.
(d) Another insect.

5. The water strider's ability to walk on water hints at what?
(a) Jesus Christ's ability to walk on water.
(b) The strange abilities of some insects.
(c) Jesus Christ's ability to change water into wine.
(d) The lack of talent other insects have.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do the water striders try to teach to walk on water?

2. Are the water striders able to successfully teach others to walk on water?

3. How does the poet specifically use this literary device?

4. Who reads which part of this book?

5. How are these two book lice opposites?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of this book?

2. What might be the real purpose for a firefly's light? Why do you think this?

3. What is "Joyful Noise?" Why might the poet find this joyful?

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

5. What feelings are evoked by the grasshoppers? Why?

6. Describe the grasshoppers in "Grasshoppers" and the water striders in "Water Striders." How do they compare?

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

8. What literary devices does the poet use to express the moth's feelings?

9. How are mayflies and fireflies similar?

10. How are these lice like people?

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