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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 is the mood of "Fireflies?"
(a) Bored.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Anger.

2. The mayfly's birth and death take place when?
(a) In different places.
(b) At the beginning and end of one week.
(c) One year apart.
(d) In the same day.

3. To emphasize the powerful and image-provoking verbs used by the poet, he has used what literary device?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Hyperbole.

4. What do the water striders call those they attempt to teach to walk on water?
(a) Their enemies.
(b) Their proteges.
(c) Their students.
(d) Their friends.

5. How do the mayflies view their lives?
(a) As a relatively short time.
(b) As a waste of time.
(c) As entirely too long.
(d) As a relatively long time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Unlike "Grasshoppers," "Water Striders" is from the perspective of whom?

2. Why do these two book lice compromise?

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

4. Why might these insects want to teach others to walk on water?

5. What happened after the two book lice met?

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