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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 names are used to describe the water boatmen?
(a) Downhill skiers, speed skiers, and cross-country skiers.
(b) Rescuers, scuba divers, and snorklers.
(c) Ballerinas, danseurs, and primadonnas.
(d) Boatmen, cockswain, and oarsmen.

2. "Whirligig Beetles" describes ____________ of these beetles.
(a) The morning routine.
(b) Short life.
(c) The evening routine.
(d) The daily actions.

3. Like the mayfly, people often have feelings of nostalgia towards what?
(a) Their friends.
(b) Their youth.
(c) People do not feel nostalgic.
(d) Their families.

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

5. When read aloud by the two speakers, this poem creates a sense of what?
(a) Happiness and contentedness.
(b) Anger and hostility.
(c) Chaos and nervous energy.
(d) Peace and quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the two parts do this?

2. What is another mood that can be felt while reading "The Digger Wasp"?

3. This is the first poem to focus on what?

4. To what else does the poet also compare the firefly?

5. What happens when the water boatmen reach their destination?

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