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

3. Why is the answer to number 90 repeated in the poem?
(a) This repetition shows how fast the boatmen must swim.
(b) This repetition is meant to annoy the reader.
(c) This repetition shows how important these insects are.
(d) This repetition creates the rhythm of the insects' oars as they slice through the water.

4. The first thing that one notices when turning the page to the poem about whirligigs is what?
(a) The title of the poem.
(b) The parts of the two speakers.
(c) The vocabulary in the poem.
(d) The art work.

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

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

7. 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 the importance of water.
(c) We do not often think about the importance of the first frost.
(d) We do not often think about how important the spring thaw is.

8. How does the queen spend her 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.

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

10. What do the water boatmen and the digger wasp have in common?
(a) Fear.
(b) They can fly.
(c) Determination.
(d) They can swim.

11. This group of people slaved away for the small _____________ population who controlled the country.
(a) Unhealthy.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Poor.

12. What else does the digger wasp prepare for its children?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Work.
(c) Mates.
(d) Food.

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

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

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