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

2. This poem can be described how?
(a) As musical.
(b) As annoying.
(c) As melancholy.
(d) As sad.

3. How do the mayflies see their youth?
(a) As so very long ago.
(b) They think nothing of their youth.
(c) As an anxious period of time.
(d) As only yesterday.

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

5. The first thing that one notices when turning the page to the poem about whirligigs is what?
(a) The parts of the two speakers.
(b) The art work.
(c) The title of the poem.
(d) The vocabulary in the poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Water Striders" describes the _________ action of this insect.

2. According to these beetles, this ____________ way of moving is the best way to move.

3. "The Digger Wasp" is told from whose perspective?

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

5. This speaking imitates ___________.

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