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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. It is interesting to see from the mayfly's perspective regarding what?
(a) The length of the mayfly's life.
(b) The way they swim.
(c) The type of food they eat.
(d) The way they raise their young.

2. Where do the grasshoppers hop?
(a) In a cage.
(b) Through someone's house.
(c) In a tree.
(d) Through their environment.

3. How does the poet specifically use this literary device?
(a) He has represented fireflies as the green army of the night sky.
(b) He has placed verbs beginning with the same letter adjacent to each other.
(c) He has exaggerated the abilities of the firefly.
(d) He has compared the firefly to Degas.

4. From whose perspective is "Grasshoppers?"
(a) A group of grasshoppers.
(b) A grasshopper.
(c) Another insect.
(d) The observer.

5. What is significant about the answer to number 38?
(a) It makes a firefly very similar to other species of insects.
(b) It makes a firefly truly distinct among insects.
(c) It makes a firefly seem scary and strange.
(d) It makes a firefly very dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened after the two book lice met?

2. What are the homes of the lice?

3. What do mayflies and fireflies have in common?

4. What does the mayfly desire?

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

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