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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 mayflies and fireflies have in common?

2. Each poem is about a ___________ of insects.

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

4. What does the water strider feel when its students cannot perform its special skill?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How can a person relate to this moth?

2. How are these book lice opposites? How do they get past this?

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

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

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

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

7. What feelings are evoked by the grasshoppers? Why?

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

9. How are mayflies and fireflies similar?

10. What is the purpose of this book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many insect species described in this book.

Part 1) After reading these poems, to which species do you feel most connected? Why? How has this book changed your attitude toward this species? Why?

Part 2) Which species would you add, if you were the poet? Why? How might this species compare to those already included in this book?

Part 3) How do these species represent all insects? Are all types of insects adequately represented? If so, how? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 2

This book of poetry is for children.

Part 1) Why might the poet have written this book for children? How do you know that this is a book for children? Is this a good book of poems for children? Why or why not?

Part 2) Might adults also enjoy reading this book? Why or why not? How might an adult's view of this book compare to the view of a child? How might it be the same? How might an adult's view be different?

Part 3) How might this book influence your view of the world around you into adulthood? How might reading books such as this one influence children as they grow older? How might our world be affected by this?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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