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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Whirligig Beetles and Requiem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first thing that one notices when turning the page to the poem about whirligigs is what?
(a) The art work.
(b) The vocabulary in the poem.
(c) The title of the poem.
(d) The parts of the two speakers.

2. "Water Boatmen" frequently repeats what word?
(a) Dive.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Swim.
(d) Jump.

3. "Grasshoppers" is written so that the readers do what?
(a) Say the same thing.
(b) Say very different things.
(c) Speak very quickly and loudly.
(d) Speak slowly and quietly.

4. What is some of the vocabulary used by the poet to describe the grasshoppers?
(a) Bounders, leapers, springers, soarers, bounders, leapers, springers, soarers.
(b) Sliders, runners, sprinters. spinners.
(c) Hurdlers, racers, gymnasts, slow-moving.
(d) Acrobats, circlers, twirlers, flippers.

5. This poem pays respect to these insects when?
(a) At the time of their births.
(b) When they become adult insects.
(c) At the time they go through metamorphosis.
(d) At the time of their deaths.

Short Answer Questions

1. This poem is also filled with ___________.

2. Can humans relate to the mayfly's short time on earth?

3. Why do these two book lice compromise?

4. For whom is "Requiem?"

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

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