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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Lice and The Moth's Serenade.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the grasshoppers hop?
(a) In a tree.
(b) Through someone's house.
(c) Through their environment.
(d) In a cage.

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

3. What words does the poet specifically use when he uses this literary device?
(a) Glimmering, gleaming, glowing.
(b) The firefly lights up the entire night sky.
(c) The firefly dances like the dancers in Degas' paintings.
(d) The light-hearted actions of the firefly is an allegory of spring.

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

5. When do the speakers say this, in regards to the answer to number 14?
(a) Only one at a time with space in between.
(b) One right after the other.
(c) Very slowly at the same time.
(d) At the same time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is personification used in "Book Lice?"

3. How do the mayflies spend their time?

4. What is the mood of "Fireflies?"

5. How do the letters that are the answer to number 54 have emphasis placed on them?

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