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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" is told from whose perspective?
(a) Another insect.
(b) A narrator.
(c) The adult digger wasp.
(d) A young digger wasp.

2. Can many people relate to the queen bee? Why or why not?
(a) Most people can relate to her because they are royalty.
(b) Most people cannot relate to her because they have to work hard to provide for themselves and their families.
(c) Most people can relate to her because they are wealthy.
(d) Most people can relate to her because they are lazy and do not work.

3. What covers the pages of this poem reflect what?
(a) The habitat of the beetles.
(b) The food the beetles eat.
(c) The way the beetles think.
(d) The ways in which the beetles move.

4. From where are the cicadas coming?
(a) Out of caves.
(b) Out of cocoons.
(c) Out of the ground.
(d) Out of the trees.

5. What is another mood that can be felt while reading "The Digger Wasp"?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fear.
(c) Annoyance.
(d) Passion.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. This group of people slaved away for the small _____________ population who controlled the country.

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

5. "The Digger Wasp" tells of the life of a digger wasp as it prepares for what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are cicadas like a choir?

3. Why are these insects compared to rowers?

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

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

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

7. Compare the different types of honeybees.

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

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

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

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