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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. According to these beetles, this ____________ way of moving is the best way to move.
(a) Round about and indirect.
(b) Straightforward.
(c) Slow.
(d) Fast.

2. 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 are lazy and like to lay around all day.
(c) Many people make honey.
(d) Many people work for a queen.

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

4. Why do the two parts do this?
(a) To give a sense of humor.
(b) To give a sense of jealousy and hatred.
(c) To create a sense of frenzy and chaos.
(d) To give a sense of determination.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what are the pages of the whirligig beetle's poem covered?

2. This poem pays respect to these insects when?

3. What happens when the water boatmen reach their destination?

4. "Honeybees" is quite different from the previous poems. Why?

5. For whom is "Requiem?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "Requiem?"

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

3. Why are these insects compared to rowers?

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

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

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

7. Why might the digger wasp die before its young are born?

8. How does this poem draw attention to nature and the life cycle of insects?

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

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

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