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

2. How else do they spend their time?
(a) Raising their children.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Mating.
(d) Attacking other insects.

3. For whom is "Requiem?"
(a) Those insects who were killed by the first frost of the fall.
(b) Those insects who have short lifespans.
(c) Those insects who die before their young are born.
(d) Those insects killed by people.

4. This is the first poem to focus on what?
(a) The habitats of these insects.
(b) The mortality of these insects.
(c) The life of these insects.
(d) The personalities of these insects.

5. What do the water boatmen and the digger wasp have in common?
(a) Fear.
(b) They can swim.
(c) Determination.
(d) They can fly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is significant about the answer to number 38?

3. "Requiem" is a _______________.

4. The digger wasp creates what for its children?

5. What names are used to describe the water boatmen?

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