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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the homes of the lice?
(a) Books by famous authors.
(b) Children's heads.
(c) Fruits.
(d) Encyclopedias.

2. Are the water striders able to successfully teach others to walk on water?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Usually.

3. What does this poem about book lice introduce to the reader?
(a) The different glues used to bind books.
(b) The different types of book binding techniques.
(c) The names of famous authors.
(d) The names of famous book lice.

4. Can humans relate to the mayfly's short time on earth?
(a) Not usually.
(b) Rarely.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

5. What does the mayfly desire?
(a) More friends.
(b) A shorter life.
(c) A longer life.
(d) More food.

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

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

8. "Water Striders" describes the _________ action of this insect.
(a) Simple.
(b) Difficult.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Detailed.

9. How does the poet specifically use this literary device?
(a) He has compared the firefly to Degas.
(b) He has exaggerated the abilities of the firefly.
(c) He has placed verbs beginning with the same letter adjacent to each other.
(d) He has represented fireflies as the green army of the night sky.

10. Why might these insects want to teach others to walk on water?
(a) They want others to be able to do what they can do.
(b) They want others to fall in the water.
(c) They do not like other types of insects.
(d) They like to make fun of others.

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

12. Do the poet's descriptive words and vivid imagery effectively describe the distinct light of the firefly?
(a) No, not very well.
(b) Mostly.
(c) Yes.
(d) No, not at all.

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

14. Whom do the water striders try to teach to walk on water?
(a) People.
(b) Other insect species.
(c) Young water striders.
(d) Small mammals.

15. How do the mayflies spend their time?
(a) Lazily flying about.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Eating.
(d) Frantically flying about.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the water striders react to the consequences of trying to teach others to walk on water?

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

3. What does the vocabulary in "Grasshoppers" do for the readers?

4. "Book Lice" describes what?

5. What aspects of humanity can be learned from the book lice poem?

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