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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" is written so that the readers do what?
(a) Say very different things.
(b) Say the same thing.
(c) Speak very quickly and loudly.
(d) Speak slowly and quietly.

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

3. To what else does the poet also compare the firefly?
(a) Zipping, zooming, and zany behavior.
(b) Painting and brush strokes.
(c) Acting, shouting, ordering others around.
(d) Singing, vocalizing, and warbling.

4. How does the poet help the reader relate to fireflies?
(a) He compares the fireflies to artists.
(b) He compares the fireflies to musicians.
(c) He compares the fireflies to dancers.
(d) He compare the fireflies to athletes.

5. What do the two lice spend this poem doing?
(a) Trying to climb to a higher shelf.
(b) Describing their lives on various book shelves and their life as a couple.
(c) Arguing with each other.
(d) Eating glue from the book bindings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Mayflies" describes the _________ life of the mayfly

3. Who reads which part of this book?

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

5. "Water Striders" asks whether this insect's ability to walk on water is what?

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