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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 factual information does "Book Lice" give about lice?
(a) Information about how they compromise for the sake of their love.
(b) Information regarding their birth and life in the bindings of books.
(c) Information regarding their favorite books.
(d) information about how they meet other lice.

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

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

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

5. How do the letters that are the answer to number 54 have emphasis placed on them?
(a) By using them repeatedly.
(b) By using them at the beginning of most of the lines.
(c) By only using words that begin with these letters.
(d) By putting them in bold print.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. This poem is also filled with ___________.

4. Why does the mayfly feel nostalgia?

5. What is the mood of "Mayflies?"

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