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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What are the homes of the lice?
(a) Children's heads.
(b) Books by famous authors.
(c) Fruits.
(d) Encyclopedias.

3. Are the water striders able to successfully teach others to walk on water?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Usually.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

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

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

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

7. What happened after the two book lice met?
(a) They got into a fight.
(b) They shared a book as a home.
(c) They tried to move to separate shelves.
(d) They fell in love.

8. What is the mood of "The Moth's Serenade?"
(a) Angry.
(b) Annoyed.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Humorous.

9. "Mayflies" ________________ tells of the brief life of the mayfly.
(a) Sadly.
(b) Dramatically.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Matter-of-factly.

10. After the results of the water strider's attempts to teach others to walk on water, why might the water striders want to continue "teaching" others to walk on water?
(a) They do not want to give up on their desire to teach others to walk on water.
(b) They have nothing better to do.
(c) They want to make others fall in the water.
(d) They think it is funny to see others fall in the water.

11. What does the water strider feel when its students cannot perform its special skill?
(a) Superiority.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Anger.
(d) Happiness.

12. What is the mood of "Fireflies?"
(a) Anxious.
(b) Bored.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Anger.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the vocabulary in "Grasshoppers" do for the readers?

2. What is the water strider's special skill?

3. "The Moth's Serenade" tells of what?

4. Humans can _________________ over people and things, much like the moth in "The Moth's Serenade."

5. What is the mood of "Book Lice?"

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