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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. How are people like the mayfly?
(a) Most people lazily drift through life.
(b) Most people do not think about others as they speed through life.
(c) Most people do not think about the consequences of their actions.
(d) Most people rush through life, frantically trying to fit in as much as possible.

2. From whose perspective is "Grasshoppers?"
(a) The observer.
(b) Another insect.
(c) A group of grasshoppers.
(d) A grasshopper.

3. What does the vocabulary in "Grasshoppers" do for the readers?
(a) It makes the grasshoppers seem lazy.
(b) It creates a vivid image in the reader's mind of the actions of a grasshopper.
(c) It makes the movements of the grasshoppers seem confusing.
(d) It creates a strange image in the reader's mind of the actions of a grasshopper.

4. How does the poet accurately describe the behavior of a moth in this poem?
(a) By having the two speakers talk at the same time.
(b) By comparing the moth's movements to music.
(c) By describing the way the moth moves.
(d) By giving it human emotions and feelings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the mayflies spend their time?

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

3. Can humans relate to the mayfly's short time on earth?

4. To emphasize the powerful and image-provoking verbs used by the poet, he has used what literary device?

5. "Book Lice" describes what?

Short Essay Questions

1. If you only had twenty-four hours to live, what would you do? Why?

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

3. How can a person relate to this moth?

4. What is the purpose of this book?

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

6. How does the poet use words to make the movement of the firefly more exciting and vivid? Do you think this is effective? Why or why not?

7. What is "Joyful Noise?" Why might the poet find this joyful?

8. What literary devices does the poet use to express the moth's feelings?

9. How are mayflies and fireflies similar?

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

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