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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. When do the speakers say this, in regards to the answer to number 14?
(a) Very slowly at the same time.
(b) One right after the other.
(c) Only one at a time with space in between.
(d) At the same time.

3. Besides F, what are three other frequently used letters in "Fireflies?"
(a) W, R, and T.
(b) Q, V, and Z.
(c) I, A, and E.
(d) G, P, and S.

4. How do the mayflies spend their time?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Eating.
(c) Lazily flying about.
(d) Frantically flying about.

5. What do mayflies and fireflies have in common?
(a) They live for one day.
(b) They fly.
(c) They light up.
(d) They are born and die in the same water source.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the mayflies view their lives?

2. How did other types of insects react to the water strider's abilities?

3. What is the mood of "Book Lice?"

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

5. To what else does the poet also compare the firefly?

(see the answer key)

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