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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. Why might these insects want to teach others to walk on water?
(a) They want others to fall in the water.
(b) They do not like other types of insects.
(c) They like to make fun of others.
(d) They want others to be able to do what they can do.

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

3. What does the moth do throughout the entirety of this poem?
(a) It eats peanut butter.
(b) It serenades the porch light.
(c) It complains about the porch light.
(d) It asks other insects questions.

4. _______________ are used to help people to better understand the insect world around them.
(a) Scientific words.
(b) Animal instincts.
(c) Insect behavior.
(d) Human emotion and perspective.

5. Whom do the water striders try to teach to walk on water?
(a) Young water striders.
(b) Small mammals.
(c) People.
(d) Other insect species.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Joyful Noise is a book of ____________.

3. According to this poem, why is the moth drawn to the light?

4. Like the mayfly, people often have feelings of nostalgia towards what?

5. What does the vocabulary in "Grasshoppers" do for the readers?

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