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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through House Crickets and Chrysalis Diary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which bee believes life is hard and unenjoyable?
(a) The queen bee.
(b) The sweat bee.
(c) The bumble bee.
(d) The worker bee.

2. What is one of the moods of "Honeybees"?
(a) Sad.
(b) Unhappy.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Bored.

3. Why does the caterpillar chronicle all the changes that take place?
(a) It wants its children to know what happened to it.
(b) It does not think that anyone would believe this transformation taking place.
(c) It wants to write a book about its changes.
(d) It wants to make the change easier for caterpillars in the future.

4. 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 the color yellow.
(c) It likes bright colors.
(d) It does not know why.

5. How does the worker bee spend his days?
(a) Lounging around or laying eggs.
(b) Flying around the hive looking for a mate.
(c) Eating bonbons and watching movies.
(d) Slaving away to provide for the hive.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is this foreign transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly made more understandable for the reader?

2. What does the digger wasp hope to do for its offspring?

3. How do the two parts relate to the whirligig beetle?

4. The first thing that one notices when turning the page to the poem about whirligigs is what?

5. What tool is used by the poet to express the beetles' qualities?

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