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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are people like the digger wasp?
(a) People are insects.
(b) People also make sacrifices for each other.
(c) People have wings.
(d) People never live to see their offspring.

2. Where are the water boatmen headed?
(a) To the bottom of the pond.
(b) To the ocean.
(c) To the opposite shore.
(d) To the coral reef.

3. What is another mood of "Honeybees"?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Worried.
(c) Relaxed and happy.
(d) Humorous.

4. "Honeybees" is quite different from the previous poems. Why?
(a) The bee is unhappy.
(b) The mood is not humorous.
(c) There are two insects in this poem.
(d) The lives of all bees is not equal.

5. "Water Boatmen" frequently repeats what word?
(a) Swim.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Dive.
(d) Jump.

6. The poet names _________________ insect species.
(a) Many different.
(b) No.
(c) Very similar.
(d) Very few.

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

8. The two parts of the poem frequently do what?
(a) Argue.
(b) Tell jokes.
(c) Repeat.
(d) Overlap.

9. The digger wasp wants its children to know that they were ____________.
(a) Loved.
(b) Prayed for.
(c) Envied.
(d) Considered.

10. From whom else's perspective is "Honeybees"?
(a) The queen bee.
(b) Old bees.
(c) An owl.
(d) A beekeeper.

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

12. How can the lives of the two different bees in this poem be described?
(a) As very similar.
(b) As exciting.
(c) As identical.
(d) As very different.

13. What tool is used by the poet to express the beetles' qualities?
(a) The repetition of words in the poem.
(b) The overlapping of the two speakers' parts.
(c) The unison sections of the two speakers' parts.
(d) The simple language found in this poem.

14. A great deal of imagery and expressive vocabulary is also used to describe the ____________ movements of these beetles.
(a) Circular.
(b) Straight.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Powerful.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an important time of year in "Requiem?"

2. "Requiem" is a _______________.

3. When read aloud by the two speakers, this poem creates a sense of what?

4. "Whirligig Beetles" describes ____________ of these beetles.

5. What is another mood that can be felt while reading "The Digger Wasp"?

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