View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cicadas and Honeybees.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Digger Wasp" is a very _________________ story.
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

2. How does the poet help the reader relate to fireflies?
(a) He compares the fireflies to dancers.
(b) He compares the fireflies to musicians.
(c) He compares the fireflies to artists.
(d) He compare the fireflies to athletes.

3. What is the mood of "Fireflies?"
(a) Bored.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Anger.

4. The mayfly's birth and death take place when?
(a) One year apart.
(b) In the same day.
(c) At the beginning and end of one week.
(d) In different places.

5. "Cicadas" tells of the _________ that cicadas feel.
(a) Anger.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Fear.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the grasshoppers hop?

2. How can the lives of the two different bees in this poem be described?

3. "Book Lice" describes what?

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

5. For what else does the digger wasp prepare?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 196 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample