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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. For what else does the digger wasp prepare?
(a) A move to a new home.
(b) The coming of winter.
(c) Its death.
(d) Additions to its family.

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

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

4. Which bee believes life is hard and unenjoyable?
(a) The sweat bee.
(b) The worker bee.
(c) The queen bee.
(d) The bumble bee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom is "Requiem?"

2. What else does the digger wasp prepare for its children?

3. What does the digger wasp hope its children will do?

4. For much of human history the largest group within a culture was the __________.

5. What else is reflected by what covers the pages of the poem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "The Digger Wasp" describe? Why?

2. What is the mood of "Cicadas?" Why?

3. Compare the different types of honeybees.

4. How can the world of the honeybee be compared to your own world?

5. What is "Requiem?"

6. What does "Water Boatmen" describe? Why?

7. How are cicadas like a choir?

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

9. How does the poet use poetry to give the reader a sense of what cicadas sound like?

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

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