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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 long have the cicadas spent in the dark?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Five years.

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

3. To what else does the poet also compare the firefly?
(a) Singing, vocalizing, and warbling.
(b) Zipping, zooming, and zany behavior.
(c) Painting and brush strokes.
(d) Acting, shouting, ordering others around.

4. "Book Lice" describes what?
(a) The movements of book lice.
(b) The personalities of book lice.
(c) The hobbies of two book lice.
(d) The life and love of two book lice.

5. The sound of cicadas singing begins how?
(a) With a chorus of cicadas.
(b) With a single creature.
(c) With a male cicada.
(d) With two creatures.

Short Answer Questions

1. The digger wasp feels _______________ that its offspring will understand the sacrifices it made for them.

2. According to this poem, why is the moth drawn to the light?

3. The poet names _________________ insect species.

4. This book is made to be read by ___________ people simultaneously.

5. "Fireflies" tells of the _________ of a firefly.

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