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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is significant about the answer to number 38?
(a) It makes a firefly seem scary and strange.
(b) It makes a firefly truly distinct among insects.
(c) It makes a firefly very similar to other species of insects.
(d) It makes a firefly very dangerous.

2. What does the mayfly desire?
(a) More food.
(b) More friends.
(c) A shorter life.
(d) A longer life.

3. When do the speakers say this, in regards to the answer to number 14?
(a) At the same time.
(b) Very slowly at the same time.
(c) Only one at a time with space in between.
(d) One right after the other.

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

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

6. Unlike "Grasshoppers," "Water Striders" is from the perspective of whom?
(a) A group of water striders.
(b) A grasshopper.
(c) A human.
(d) One of the water striders.

7. What do the water striders call those they attempt to teach to walk on water?
(a) Their students.
(b) Their proteges.
(c) Their enemies.
(d) Their friends.

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

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

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

11. "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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Mayflies" ________________ tells of the brief life of the mayfly.

2. What does the moth do throughout the entirety of this poem?

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

4. The mayfly's birth and death take place when?

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

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