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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. "Fireflies" tells of the _________ of a firefly.
(a) Sounds.
(b) Life.
(c) Food.
(d) Light.

2. What is the definition of the literary device that is the answer to number 42?
(a) The repetition of the initial consonant with at least two repetitions in a row.
(b) A symbolic representation.
(c) A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature.
(d) A figure of speech involving exaggeration.

3. Like the mayfly, people often have feelings of nostalgia towards what?
(a) Their youth.
(b) Their families.
(c) Their friends.
(d) People do not feel nostalgic.

4. What do the two lice spend this poem doing?
(a) Describing their lives on various book shelves and their life as a couple.
(b) Arguing with each other.
(c) Eating glue from the book bindings.
(d) Trying to climb to a higher shelf.

5. How are these two book lice opposites?
(a) They are two different kinds of book lice.
(b) They are from different rooms in the house.
(c) They have contrasting reading interests.
(d) They were born several months apart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the letter F important in "Fireflies?"

2. Are the water striders able to successfully teach others to walk on water?

3. _______________ are used to help people to better understand the insect world around them.

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

5. "Book Lice" describes what?

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