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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. "Grasshoppers" describes the grasshoppers' _______________ movements and energy.
(a) Bounding.
(b) Slow.
(c) Circular.
(d) Lazy.

2. How are people like the digger wasp?
(a) People never live to see their offspring.
(b) People have wings.
(c) People are insects.
(d) People also make sacrifices for each other.

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

4. "Grasshoppers" describes the __________ of grasshoppers.
(a) Dying.
(b) Eating.
(c) Hatching.
(d) Sleeping.

5. How do the mayflies view their lives?
(a) As a relatively long time.
(b) As a waste of time.
(c) As entirely too long.
(d) As a relatively short time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Water boatmen are compared to whom?

2. This sense reflects the movements of the whirligig beetle where?

3. The two parts of the poem frequently do what?

4. How do the mayflies spend their time?

5. What is the water strider's special skill?

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