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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 "The Moth's Serenade?"
(a) Sad.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Angry.
(d) Anxious.

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

3. The mayfly's birth and death take place when?
(a) One year apart.
(b) In different places.
(c) At the beginning and end of one week.
(d) In the same day.

4. "Fireflies" tells of the _________ of a firefly.
(a) Life.
(b) Sounds.
(c) Light.
(d) Food.

5. After the results of the water strider's attempts to teach others to walk on water, why might the water striders want to continue "teaching" others to walk on water?
(a) They have nothing better to do.
(b) They do not want to give up on their desire to teach others to walk on water.
(c) They want to make others fall in the water.
(d) They think it is funny to see others fall in the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does this poem about book lice introduce to the reader?

2. Whom do the water striders try to teach to walk on water?

3. The poet compares the firefly to what?

4. Joyful Noise is a book of ____________.

5. Are the water striders able to successfully teach others to walk on water?

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