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

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

3. According to this poem, why is the moth drawn to the light?
(a) It is attracted to the heat of the light.
(b) It likes bright colors.
(c) It does not know why.
(d) It likes the color yellow.

4. "Grasshoppers" is written so that the readers do what?
(a) Speak very quickly and loudly.
(b) Say the same thing.
(c) Say very different things.
(d) Speak slowly and quietly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the mayflies see their youth?

2. The poet names _________________ insect species.

3. "Cicadas" is a poem that gives purpose and reason to what?

4. From where are the cicadas coming?

5. What else is reflected by what covers the pages of the poem?

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