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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. "Requiem" is, unlike many of the other poems in this book. How?
(a) It is very solemn and serious.
(b) It is very confident.
(c) It is very humorous.
(d) It is very angry.

2. Which bee believes life is relaxing and enjoyable?
(a) The worker bee.
(b) The bumble bee.
(c) The sweat bee.
(d) The queen bee.

3. How can people relate to the worker bee?
(a) Many people work for a queen.
(b) Many people make honey.
(c) Many people are lazy and like to lay around all day.
(d) Many people work hard and do not feel they get their just reward.

4. How does the worker bee spend his days?
(a) Flying around the hive looking for a mate.
(b) Lounging around or laying eggs.
(c) Slaving away to provide for the hive.
(d) Eating bonbons and watching movies.

5. How can the lives of the two different bees in this poem be described?
(a) As very similar.
(b) As identical.
(c) As exciting.
(d) As very different.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the queen spend her days?

2. When read aloud by the two speakers, this poem creates a sense of what?

3. The digger wasp creates what for its children?

4. Why is the answer to number 90 repeated in the poem?

5. What else does the digger wasp prepare for its children?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is "Requiem" unlike any of the other poems? Why?

2. What is the purpose of "Cicadas?"

3. What is "Requiem?"

4. How can the world of the honeybee be compared to your own world?

5. How is the artwork important, specifically to the whirligig beetle poem? Why?

6. How are cicadas like a choir?

7. Why are these insects compared to rowers?

8. Compare the different types of honeybees.

9. Why might the digger wasp die before its young are born?

10. What does "Water Boatmen" describe? Why?

(see the answer keys)

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