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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. What covers the pages of this poem reflect what?
(a) The habitat of the beetles.
(b) The way the beetles think.
(c) The ways in which the beetles move.
(d) The food the beetles eat.

2. "Water Boatmen" describes the ________________ of this insect.
(a) Unhappiness.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Effort and determination.
(d) Calm and happy personality.

3. The digger wasp feels _______________ that its offspring will understand the sacrifices it made for them.
(a) Unsure.
(b) Confident.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Sad.

4. Where are the water boatmen headed?
(a) To the coral reef.
(b) To the bottom of the pond.
(c) To the opposite shore.
(d) To the ocean.

5. From whom else's perspective is "Honeybees"?
(a) A beekeeper.
(b) An owl.
(c) The queen bee.
(d) Old bees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the digger wasp hope to do for its offspring?

2. What do the water boatmen and the digger wasp have in common?

3. How does the queen spend her days?

4. For whom is "Requiem?"

5. What is another mood of "Honeybees"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are cicadas like a choir?

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

3. What is the purpose of "Cicadas?"

4. How do "Whirligig Beetles" and "Requiem" compare?

5. What is the mood of "Cicadas?" Why?

6. What is a literary device used in "Water Boatmen?" Explain how it is used.

7. Why are these insects compared to rowers?

8. Describe the whirligig beetle, based on this poem.

9. From whose perspective is "Honeybees?" Why?

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

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