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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 happened after the two book lice met?
(a) They got into a fight.
(b) They fell in love.
(c) They shared a book as a home.
(d) They tried to move to separate shelves.

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

3. What does the mayfly desire?
(a) A longer life.
(b) More food.
(c) More friends.
(d) A shorter life.

4. What words does the poet specifically use when he uses this literary device?
(a) Glimmering, gleaming, glowing.
(b) The light-hearted actions of the firefly is an allegory of spring.
(c) The firefly lights up the entire night sky.
(d) The firefly dances like the dancers in Degas' paintings.

5. This book is made to be read by ___________ people simultaneously.
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about the answer to number 38?

2. What do mayflies and fireflies have in common?

3. "The Moth's Serenade" tells of what?

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

5. What kind of poem is "Moth's Serenade?"

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