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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Whirligig Beetles and Requiem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the digger wasp hope to do for its offspring?
(a) Make them happy.
(b) Make life more exciting.
(c) Make them jealous of it.
(d) Make life easier.

2. What is significant about the answer to number 38?
(a) It makes a firefly seem scary and strange.
(b) It makes a firefly very dangerous.
(c) It makes a firefly truly distinct among insects.
(d) It makes a firefly very similar to other species of insects.

3. What is the mood of "Water Boatmen?"
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Sad.
(c) Determined.
(d) Anxious.

4. To emphasize the powerful and image-provoking verbs used by the poet, he has used what literary device?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Allusion.

5. How does the poet help the reader relate to fireflies?
(a) He compares the fireflies to artists.
(b) He compares the fireflies to musicians.
(c) He compare the fireflies to athletes.
(d) He compares the fireflies to dancers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Water boatmen are compared to whom?

2. For what else does the digger wasp prepare?

3. "The Digger Wasp" is told from whose perspective?

4. How do the mayflies see their youth?

5. The digger wasp creates what for its children?

(see the answer key)

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