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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. This speaking imitates ___________.
(a) The movements of the grasshoppers.
(b) The movements of one grasshopper.
(c) The movements of the old grasshoppers.
(d) The movements of the young grasshoppers.

4. What is the definition of the literary device that is the answer to number 42?
(a) The repetition of the initial consonant with at least two repetitions in a row.
(b) A symbolic representation.
(c) A figure of speech involving exaggeration.
(d) A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature.

5. What is some of the vocabulary used by the poet to describe the grasshoppers?
(a) Hurdlers, racers, gymnasts, slow-moving.
(b) Sliders, runners, sprinters. spinners.
(c) Acrobats, circlers, twirlers, flippers.
(d) Bounders, leapers, springers, soarers, bounders, leapers, springers, soarers.

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

7. According to this poem, why is the moth drawn to the light?
(a) It is attracted to the heat of the light.
(b) It likes bright colors.
(c) It does not know why.
(d) It likes the color yellow.

8. Humans can _________________ over people and things, much like the moth in "The Moth's Serenade."
(a) Obsess.
(b) Become angry.
(c) Become sad.
(d) Worry.

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

10. What aspects of humanity can be learned from the poem about moths?
(a) Love.
(b) Perseverance.
(c) Obsession and lust.
(d) Friendship.

11. Why do these two book lice compromise?
(a) They like to compromise.
(b) They have to share a book.
(c) They have to share a shelf.
(d) They are in love.

12. Who reads which part of this book?
(a) One person reads the odd chapters, while the other person reads the even ones.
(b) Each person takes turns reading a line.
(c) One person reads the lines on the left, while the other person reads the lines on the right.
(d) Each person takes turns reading a paragraph.

13. Whom do the water striders try to teach to walk on water?
(a) Small mammals.
(b) People.
(c) Young water striders.
(d) Other insect species.

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

15. What is the water strider's special skill?
(a) It can glow in the dark.
(b) It can walk on water.
(c) It can fly.
(d) It can dive into deep water.

Short Answer Questions

1. To emphasize the powerful and image-provoking verbs used by the poet, he has used what literary device?

2. Why might these insects want to teach others to walk on water?

3. According to this poem, what do the book lice and the moth have in common?

4. _______________ are used to help people to better understand the insect world around them.

5. How is personification used in "Book Lice?"

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