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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. _______________ are used to help people to better understand the insect world around them.
(a) Scientific words.
(b) Insect behavior.
(c) Human emotion and perspective.
(d) Animal instincts.

2. From where are the cicadas coming?
(a) Out of caves.
(b) Out of the ground.
(c) Out of cocoons.
(d) Out of the trees.

3. Besides F, what are three other frequently used letters in "Fireflies?"
(a) W, R, and T.
(b) G, P, and S.
(c) I, A, and E.
(d) Q, V, and Z.

4. For what else does the digger wasp prepare?
(a) Additions to its family.
(b) The coming of winter.
(c) A move to a new home.
(d) Its death.

5. 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 killed by people.
(d) Those insects who die before their young are born.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might these insects want to teach others to walk on water?

2. "Grasshoppers" describes the grasshoppers' _______________ movements and energy.

3. With what are the pages of the whirligig beetle's poem covered?

4. Like the mayfly, people often have feelings of nostalgia towards what?

5. "Grasshoppers" is written so that the readers do what?

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