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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to these beetles, this ____________ way of moving is the best way to move.

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

4. What is the mood of "Water Boatmen?"

5. The sound of cicadas singing begins how?

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. From whose perspective is "Honeybees?" Why?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How are cicadas like a choir?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fireflies are compared to painters and calligraphers.

Part 1) How are the fireflies compared to painters and calligraphers? Why are they compared to these types of artists? Do you see this as a good comparison? Why or why not?

Part 2) What literary devices are found in this poem? Why does the poet choose to use these literary devices? Do they enhance the poem? If so, how? If not, why not?

Part 3) How are all art forms connected? What do all artists have in common? How is that illustrated throughout this book?

Essay Topic 2

This book of poetry is for children.

Part 1) Why might the poet have written this book for children? How do you know that this is a book for children? Is this a good book of poems for children? Why or why not?

Part 2) Might adults also enjoy reading this book? Why or why not? How might an adult's view of this book compare to the view of a child? How might it be the same? How might an adult's view be different?

Part 3) How might this book influence your view of the world around you into adulthood? How might reading books such as this one influence children as they grow older? How might our world be affected by this?

Essay Topic 3

"Requiem" is a unique poem.

Part 1) How is it unique? Why is it so different from the other poems? What is the purpose of this poem? How is this poem connected to all the other poems?

Part 2) What is the lesson of this poem? How can humans relate this to their own lives?

Part 3) What is a requiem? Why are requiems created? How do those who hear these requiems benefit from them?

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