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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what else does the poet also compare the firefly?
(a) Acting, shouting, ordering others around.
(b) Singing, vocalizing, and warbling.
(c) Zipping, zooming, and zany behavior.
(d) Painting and brush strokes.

3. The poet compares the firefly to what?
(a) Ink, calligraphy, and penmanship.
(b) Reading, writing, and arithmetic.
(c) Dancing, twirling, and bounding.
(d) Swimming, stroking, and gliding.

4. Who reads which part of this book?
(a) One person reads the lines on the left, while the other person reads the lines on the right.
(b) Each person takes turns reading a line.
(c) One person reads the odd chapters, while the other person reads the even ones.
(d) Each person takes turns reading a paragraph.

5. "The Moth's Serenade" tells of what?
(a) The moth's obsessive love for the porch light.
(b) The moth's obsession with peanut butter.
(c) The moth's curiosity regarding the fly swatter.
(d) The moth's interest in other insects.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. This book is made to be read by ___________ people simultaneously.

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

5. What does the mayfly desire?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the structure of the poem "Grasshoppers" reminiscent of the movement of the grasshoppers?

2. If you only had twenty-four hours to live, what would you do? Why?

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

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

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

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

7. To what can the water strider's ability to walk on water be compared? Why?

8. How does the mayfly's perception of time compare to our own?

9. What mood is created by the behavior of the water striders? 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?

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