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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Digger Wasp" is told from whose perspective?
(a) A narrator.
(b) Another insect.
(c) A young digger wasp.
(d) The adult digger wasp.

2. How can people relate to the worker bee?
(a) Many people are lazy and like to lay around all day.
(b) Many people work hard and do not feel they get their just reward.
(c) Many people work for a queen.
(d) Many people make honey.

3. What about this time of year do the cicadas like?
(a) The snow.
(b) The birds.
(c) The flowers.
(d) The sun.

4. How does "Requiem" end?
(a) By giving the insects homes.
(b) By giving the cause of death.
(c) By blaming people for the deaths of these insects.
(d) By giving the names of the insects who have died.

5. What does the digger wasp hope its children will do?
(a) Enjoy the food and shelter.
(b) Live long, happy lives.
(c) Realize the sacrifices the parent made for its children.
(d) Know how to take care of itself.

6. "Requiem" is, unlike many of the other poems in this book. How?
(a) It is very confident.
(b) It is very solemn and serious.
(c) It is very humorous.
(d) It is very angry.

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

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

9. What else is reflected by what covers the pages of the poem?
(a) The confusion and frustration that must be caused by this many beetles.
(b) The way the beetles must have to hunt to find food.
(c) The chaos this movement must create among this throng of beetles.
(d) The way life must be in this habitat.

10. This poem pays respect to these insects when?
(a) At the time of their births.
(b) At the time of their deaths.
(c) At the time they go through metamorphosis.
(d) When they become adult insects.

11. Can many people relate to the queen bee? Why or why not?
(a) Most people can relate to her because they are royalty.
(b) Most people cannot relate to her because they have to work hard to provide for themselves and their families.
(c) Most people can relate to her because they are wealthy.
(d) Most people can relate to her because they are lazy and do not work.

12. What is an important time of year in "Requiem?"
(a) Spring and the last frost.
(b) Fall and the first frost.
(c) Summer and the hot sun.
(d) Winter and the first snowfall.

13. "The Digger Wasp" tells of the life of a digger wasp as it prepares for what?
(a) The spring floods.
(b) Night.
(c) The end of summer.
(d) The arrival of its offspring.

14. According to these beetles, this ____________ way of moving is the best way to move.
(a) Straightforward.
(b) Round about and indirect.
(c) Fast.
(d) Slow.

15. For whom is "Requiem?"
(a) Those insects killed by people.
(b) Those insects who die before their young are born.
(c) Those insects who have short lifespans.
(d) Those insects who were killed by the first frost of the fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. The digger wasp feels _______________ that its offspring will understand the sacrifices it made for them.

2. How are people like the digger wasp?

3. This poem can be described how?

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

5. How long have the cicadas spent in the dark?

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