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

2. What is the mood of "Water Boatmen?"
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Determined.
(c) Sad.
(d) Anxious.

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

4. "Requiem" is, unlike many of the other poems in this book. How?
(a) It is very confident.
(b) It is very angry.
(c) It is very humorous.
(d) It is very solemn and serious.

5. When read aloud by the two speakers, this poem creates a sense of what?
(a) Anger and hostility.
(b) Chaos and nervous energy.
(c) Happiness and contentedness.
(d) Peace and quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the two parts relate to the whirligig beetle?

2. "Water Boatmen" describes the ________________ of this insect.

3. Which bee believes life is hard and unenjoyable?

4. What is another reason why this word is repeated in "Water Boatmen?"

5. From where are the cicadas coming?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the purpose of "Cicadas?"

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

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

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

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

8. What are the moods of this poem? Why do they differ?

9. What is the mood of "The Digger Wasp?" Why?

10. Compare the different types of honeybees.

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