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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another mood that can be felt while reading "The Digger Wasp"?
(a) Annoyance.
(b) Hope.
(c) Passion.
(d) Fear.

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

3. What names are used to describe the water boatmen?
(a) Boatmen, cockswain, and oarsmen.
(b) Ballerinas, danseurs, and primadonnas.
(c) Rescuers, scuba divers, and snorklers.
(d) Downhill skiers, speed skiers, and cross-country skiers.

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

5. "Honeybees" is told from the perspective of whom?
(a) The larvae.
(b) The honey.
(c) The worker bee.
(d) Other insects.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the mayflies see their youth?

2. "Grasshoppers" describes the __________ of grasshoppers.

3. What do the water boatmen and the digger wasp have in common?

4. How does the worker bee spend his days?

5. What aspects of humanity can be learned from the book lice poem?

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