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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. Who reads which part of this book?
(a) One person reads the odd chapters, while the other person reads the even ones.
(b) One person reads the lines on the left, while the other person reads the lines on the right.
(c) Each person takes turns reading a line.
(d) Each person takes turns reading a paragraph.

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

3. Unlike "Grasshoppers," "Water Striders" is from the perspective of whom?
(a) A group of water striders.
(b) A grasshopper.
(c) One of the water striders.
(d) A human.

4. The digger wasp creates what for its children?
(a) A bed.
(b) A nest.
(c) A room.
(d) A shelter.

5. Humans can _________________ over people and things, much like the moth in "The Moth's Serenade."
(a) Become angry.
(b) Become sad.
(c) Obsess.
(d) Worry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else does the digger wasp prepare for its children?

2. For much of human history the largest group within a culture was the __________.

3. Why is the answer to number 90 repeated in the poem?

4. How are people like the digger wasp?

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

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