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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The descriptive words and the use of ____________________ reflects the moths' intense feelings.

3. Joyful Noise is a book of ____________.

4. What is the mood of "The Moth's Serenade?"

5. What do the two lice spend this poem doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does "Moth's Serenade" tell? What does this explain about moths?

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

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

4. What does the poem "Book Lice" do for English literature?

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

6. Describe the grasshoppers in "Grasshoppers" and the water striders in "Water Striders." How do they compare?

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

8. How does a mayfly feel at the end of its life? Why?

9. What might be the real purpose for a firefly's light? Why do you think this?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some of the insects' actions are described.

Part 1) What poems focus on action? Whose action is the focus? Why is this the focus? What does this reveal about this insect?

Part 2) How do the other poems contrast these very active poems? Why does this contrast exist? What does this reveal about the insects?

Part 3) How is action connected to the mood of the poem? How important is the mood of the poem? Explain. Is the mood of a story important to every story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Famous authors' names are mentioned in "Book Lice."

Part 1) How do these famous authors' names get mentioned in this poem? Why might the poet have decided to include these famous authors in this poem? Does this enhance the poem in any way? Why or why not?

Part 2) What information might be helpful prior to reading this poem? Why? How might this information effect one's ability to understand "Book Lice" and the differences between these two different lice?

Part 3) How important is it to learn about famous authors and artists? Explain. Would the author of this book agree with you? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The point of view of these poems is often from the point of view of the insect that is the main character of the poem.

Part 1) Support this statement with facts from the book. Why might the poet choose to have most of the poems from the perspective of the insect?

Part 2) What is a poem not from the perspective of one insect? From whose perspective is it? Why? How does this affect your view of the insect?

Part 3) How is perspective important in a story or poem? How does this affect the mood of the story and the readers' view of the story and characters?

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