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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Like the mayfly, people often have feelings of nostalgia towards what?
(a) People do not feel nostalgic.
(b) Their friends.
(c) Their youth.
(d) Their families.

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

3. "The Moth's Serenade" tells of what?
(a) The moth's obsession with peanut butter.
(b) The moth's curiosity regarding the fly swatter.
(c) The moth's obsessive love for the porch light.
(d) The moth's interest in other insects.

4. Why does the mayfly feel nostalgia?
(a) It does not feel nostalgic.
(b) For its youth.
(c) For its family.
(d) For its friends.

5. How is personification used in "Book Lice?"
(a) These two lice are given human emotions.
(b) These two lice are given human names.
(c) These two lice go to school.
(d) These two lice wear clothes and go to work.

6. What do the two lice spend this poem doing?
(a) Arguing with each other.
(b) Trying to climb to a higher shelf.
(c) Eating glue from the book bindings.
(d) Describing their lives on various book shelves and their life as a couple.

7. Do the poet's descriptive words and vivid imagery effectively describe the distinct light of the firefly?
(a) No, not at all.
(b) Mostly.
(c) No, not very well.
(d) Yes.

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

9. To emphasize the powerful and image-provoking verbs used by the poet, he has used what literary device?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Hyperbole.

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

11. What aspects of humanity can be learned from the book lice poem?
(a) How to meet others.
(b) How love affects lice.
(c) How compromise is needed in relationships.
(d) Why book lice eat books.

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

13. Can humans relate to the mayfly's short time on earth?
(a) No.
(b) Rarely.
(c) Yes.
(d) Not usually.

14. In this poem, the viewer is ________________ the grasshoppers.
(a) One of.
(b) Ignoring.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Observing the actions of.

15. Why might these insects want to teach others to walk on water?
(a) They do not like other types of insects.
(b) They like to make fun of others.
(c) They want others to fall in the water.
(d) They want others to be able to do what they can do.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the water striders call those they attempt to teach to walk on water?

2. When do the speakers say this, in regards to the answer to number 14?

3. What words does the poet specifically use when he uses this literary device?

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

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

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