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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What kind of poem is "Moth's Serenade?"
(a) An educational poem.
(b) A Haiku.
(c) A factual poem.
(d) A love poem.
2. What factual information does "Book Lice" give about lice?
(a) information about how they meet other lice.
(b) Information about how they compromise for the sake of their love.
(c) Information regarding their birth and life in the bindings of books.
(d) Information regarding their favorite books.
3. In this poem, the viewer is ________________ the grasshoppers.
(a) Ignoring.
(b) Observing the actions of.
(c) One of.
(d) Hunting.
4. What is the definition of the literary device that is the answer to number 42?
(a) A figure of speech involving exaggeration.
(b) The repetition of the initial consonant with at least two repetitions in a row.
(c) A symbolic representation.
(d) A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature.
5. Unlike "Grasshoppers," "Water Striders" is from the perspective of whom?
(a) A human.
(b) A grasshopper.
(c) A group of water striders.
(d) One of the water striders.
6. What aspects of humanity can be learned from the book lice poem?
(a) How to meet others.
(b) How compromise is needed in relationships.
(c) How love affects lice.
(d) Why book lice eat books.
7. "Grasshoppers" describes the __________ of grasshoppers.
(a) Dying.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Hatching.
8. When do the speakers say this, in regards to the answer to number 14?
(a) One right after the other.
(b) At the same time.
(c) Very slowly at the same time.
(d) Only one at a time with space in between.
9. What does the moth do throughout the entirety of this poem?
(a) It complains about the porch light.
(b) It serenades the porch light.
(c) It eats peanut butter.
(d) It asks other insects questions.
10. "Water Striders" asks whether this insect's ability to walk on water is what?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) A miracle.
(c) Useful.
(d) Fun.
11. Why might these insects want to teach others to walk on water?
(a) They want others to be able to do what they can do.
(b) They do not like other types of insects.
(c) They like to make fun of others.
(d) They want others to fall in the water.
12. How do the reactions of other insects compare to others in history regarding this feat?
(a) People are jealous of those who can walk on water.
(b) Jesus' disciples were also shocked that Jesus could walk on water.
(c) Only certain types of people can walk on water.
(d) Many people throughout history could walk on water.
13. How do the mayflies see their youth?
(a) They think nothing of their youth.
(b) As an anxious period of time.
(c) As so very long ago.
(d) As only yesterday.
14. According to this poem, what do the book lice and the moth have in common?
(a) They fly.
(b) They are in love.
(c) They eat the glue from book bindings.
(d) They are nervous.
15. "Book Lice" describes what?
(a) The life and love of two book lice.
(b) The movements of book lice.
(c) The hobbies of two book lice.
(d) The personalities of book lice.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why do these two book lice compromise?
2. How are people like the mayfly?
3. The water strider's ability to walk on water hints at what?
4. Humans can _________________ over people and things, much like the moth in "The Moth's Serenade."
5. What is the mood of "The Moth's Serenade?"
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