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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Book Lice" describes what?
(a) The movements of book lice.
(b) The life and love of two book lice.
(c) The personalities of book lice.
(d) The hobbies of two book lice.

2. How do the mayflies see their youth?
(a) They think nothing of their youth.
(b) As so very long ago.
(c) As an anxious period of time.
(d) As only yesterday.

3. Besides F, what are three other frequently used letters in "Fireflies?"
(a) Q, V, and Z.
(b) W, R, and T.
(c) I, A, and E.
(d) G, P, and S.

4. How do the reactions of other insects compare to others in history regarding this feat?
(a) Jesus' disciples were also shocked that Jesus could walk on water.
(b) Many people throughout history could walk on water.
(c) People are jealous of those who can walk on water.
(d) Only certain types of people can walk on water.

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

6. How are people like the mayfly?
(a) Most people do not think about the consequences of their actions.
(b) Most people do not think about others as they speed through life.
(c) Most people rush through life, frantically trying to fit in as much as possible.
(d) Most people lazily drift through life.

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

8. "Grasshoppers" is written so that the readers do what?
(a) Speak very quickly and loudly.
(b) Speak slowly and quietly.
(c) Say the same thing.
(d) Say very different things.

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

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

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

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

13. How are these two book lice opposites?
(a) They were born several months apart.
(b) They have contrasting reading interests.
(c) They are from different rooms in the house.
(d) They are two different kinds of book lice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Mayflies" describes the _________ life of the mayfly

2. What does the water strider feel when its students cannot perform its special skill?

3. How do the letters that are the answer to number 54 have emphasis placed on them?

4. Do the poet's descriptive words and vivid imagery effectively describe the distinct light of the firefly?

5. This book is made to be read by ___________ people simultaneously.

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