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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the book lice meet?
(a) They are roommates.
(b) Accidentally.
(c) They are introduced to each other by their parents.
(d) They met online.

2. "Water Striders" describes the _________ action of this insect.
(a) Complicated.
(b) Detailed.
(c) Simple.
(d) Difficult.

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

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

5. The descriptive words and the use of ____________________ reflects the moths' intense feelings.
(a) Bold print.
(b) Capital letters.
(c) Italics.
(d) Exclamation points.

6. Only when does the mayfly seem to feel nostalgia?
(a) In the middle of the poem.
(b) It never feels nostalgia.
(c) At the end of the poem.
(d) At the beginning of the poem.

7. What do mayflies and fireflies have in common?
(a) They live for one day.
(b) They fly.
(c) They are born and die in the same water source.
(d) They light up.

8. Each poem is about a ___________ of insects.
(a) Species.
(b) Flock.
(c) Family.
(d) Group.

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

10. "Grasshoppers" describes the __________ of grasshoppers.
(a) Hatching.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Eating.
(d) Dying.

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

12. "Mayflies" describes the _________ life of the mayfly
(a) Long.
(b) Short.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Boring.

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

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

15. The poet compares the firefly to what?
(a) Dancing, twirling, and bounding.
(b) Reading, writing, and arithmetic.
(c) Ink, calligraphy, and penmanship.
(d) Swimming, stroking, and gliding.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the mood of "The Moth's Serenade?"

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

4. In this poem, the viewer is ________________ the grasshoppers.

5. The water strider's ability to walk on water hints at what?

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