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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. This poem can be described how?
(a) As sad.
(b) As musical.
(c) As annoying.
(d) As melancholy.

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 vocabulary in the poem.
(c) The parts of the two speakers.
(d) The art work.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The digger wasp creates what for its children?

2. Will the digger wasp ever see its offspring?

3. For what else does the digger wasp prepare?

4. What are the cicadas celebrating?

5. From whom else's perspective is "Honeybees"?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what else could the water boatmen be compared? Why?

2. What is the purpose of "Cicadas?"

3. How does the author use poetry and literary devices to teach about whirligig beetles?

4. What is a literary device used in "Water Boatmen?" Explain how it is used.

5. How is "Requiem" unlike any of the other poems? Why?

6. From whose perspective is "Honeybees?" Why?

7. Why are these insects compared to rowers?

8. How are cicadas like a choir?

9. How do "Whirligig Beetles" and "Requiem" compare?

10. How is the artwork important, specifically to the whirligig beetle poem? Why?

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