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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 digger wasp feels _______________ that its offspring will understand the sacrifices it made for them.
(a) Unsure.
(b) Confident.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Sad.

2. What does the digger wasp hope to do for its offspring?
(a) Make them happy.
(b) Make life easier.
(c) Make them jealous of it.
(d) Make life more exciting.

3. "The Digger Wasp" is a very _________________ story.
(a) Happy.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Angry.
(d) Melancholy.

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

5. How long have the cicadas spent in the dark?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Five years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can the lives of the two different bees in this poem be described?

2. What tool is used by the poet to express the beetles' qualities?

3. "Honeybees" is told from the perspective of whom?

4. For whom is "Requiem?"

5. This poem pays respect to these insects when?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Compare the different types of honeybees.

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