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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to this poem, what do the book lice and the moth have in common?
(a) They eat the glue from book bindings.
(b) They are nervous.
(c) They fly.
(d) They are in love.

2. How else do they spend their time?
(a) Mating.
(b) Attacking other insects.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Raising their children.

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

4. "Water Striders" asks whether this insect's ability to walk on water is what?
(a) A miracle.
(b) Useful.
(c) Fun.
(d) Dangerous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Grasshoppers" describes the grasshoppers' _______________ movements and energy.

2. According to this poem, what else do the moth and the book lice have in common?

3. What kind of poem is "Moth's Serenade?"

4. Only when does the mayfly seem to feel nostalgia?

5. From whose perspective is "Grasshoppers?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What feelings are evoked by the grasshoppers? Why?

2. To what does the poet compare fireflies? Is this a good comparison? Why or why not?

3. How does a mayfly's life compare to our own?

4. What is the mood of the book lice poem? Why?

5. If you were to write a poem, what would it be about? Why?

6. What mood is created by the behavior of the water striders? Why?

7. How does the mayfly's perception of time compare to our own?

8. To what can the water strider's ability to walk on water be compared? Why?

9. Why are mayflies so frantic, according to this poem?

10. Why might the poet write a book about insects? Why did he choose to write about insects using poetry?

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