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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Upon contemplating this poem and the deaths of these insects, one becomes more aware of what?
(a) The power of nature.
(b) The power of insects.
(c) The importance of insects.
(d) The number of insect species.

6. Why might the cause of death of these insects be surprising to humans?
(a) We do not often think about how important the hot sun is to nature.
(b) We do not often think about how important the spring thaw is.
(c) We do not often think about the importance of the first frost.
(d) We do not often think about the importance of water.

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

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

9. The sound of cicadas singing begins how?
(a) With a male cicada.
(b) With a single creature.
(c) With two creatures.
(d) With a chorus of cicadas.

10. With what are the pages of the whirligig beetle's poem covered?
(a) Vocabulary describing this beetle.
(b) Strong verbs describing these beetles.
(c) The word whirligig.
(d) Drawings of these swerving, spinning beetles.

11. Water boatmen are compared to whom?
(a) Skiers.
(b) Dancers.
(c) Rowers.
(d) Divers.

12. From where are the cicadas coming?
(a) Out of the ground.
(b) Out of cocoons.
(c) Out of caves.
(d) Out of the trees.

13. What does the digger wasp hope to do for its offspring?
(a) Make them happy.
(b) Make life easier.
(c) Make life more exciting.
(d) Make them jealous of it.

14. What is another reason why this word is repeated in "Water Boatmen?"
(a) It shows how trained they are at their work.
(b) It reflects the laziness of these insects.
(c) It creates a lulling pattern to relax the reader.
(d) It reflects the determination of these focused insects.

15. "The Digger Wasp" is a very _________________ story.
(a) Angry.
(b) Happy.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Anxious.

Short Answer Questions

1. The digger wasp wants its children to know that they were ____________.

2. What about this time of year do the cicadas like?

3. "Water Boatmen" frequently repeats what word?

4. "The Digger Wasp" is told from whose perspective?

5. What are three words used to describe the whirligig beetle's movements?

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