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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 one of the moods of "Honeybees"?
(a) Sad.
(b) Bored.
(c) Unhappy.
(d) Anxious.

2. For much of human history the largest group within a culture was the __________.
(a) Educated.
(b) Poor.
(c) Rich.
(d) Intelligent.

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

4. "Cicadas" tells of the _________ that cicadas feel.
(a) Anger.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Joy.
(d) Fear.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is another mood that can be felt while reading "The Digger Wasp"?

3. Can many people relate to the queen bee? Why or why not?

4. How does "Requiem" end?

5. "Cicadas" is a poem that gives purpose and reason to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does this mood in "The Digger Wasp" change? Why?

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

3. What is "Requiem?"

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

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

6. How could a person relate to a day in the life of the whirligig beetle?

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

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

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

10. Describe the whirligig beetle, based on this poem.

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