View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Joyful Noise is a book of ____________.
(a) Essays.
(b) Legal documents.
(c) Short stories.
(d) Poems.

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

4. In this poem, the viewer is ________________ the grasshoppers.
(a) Hunting.
(b) Observing the actions of.
(c) Ignoring.
(d) One of.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might these insects want to teach others to walk on water?

2. What do the water striders call those they attempt to teach to walk on water?

3. How did other types of insects react to the water strider's abilities?

4. What factual information does "Book Lice" give about lice?

5. "Water Striders" describes the _________ action of this insect.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are other animals like humans? What human qualities do other animals have?

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

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

6. How are these book lice opposites? How do they get past this?

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

8. How are these lice like people?

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

10. 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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 780 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample