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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. "Grasshoppers" describes the grasshoppers' _______________ movements and energy.
(a) Circular.
(b) Slow.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Bounding.

2. What is the water strider's special skill?
(a) It can glow in the dark.
(b) It can fly.
(c) It can walk on water.
(d) It can dive into deep water.

3. How do the water striders react to the consequences of trying to teach others to walk on water?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Angered.
(c) Worried.
(d) Surprised.

4. What is the mood of "Mayflies?"
(a) Lazy.
(b) Bored.
(c) Calm.
(d) Frantic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This book is made to be read by ___________ people simultaneously.

2. What factual information does "Book Lice" give about lice?

3. What do the two lice spend this poem doing?

4. What does the water strider feel when its students cannot perform its special skill?

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

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