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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. "Water Boatmen" describes the ________________ of this insect.
(a) Effort and determination.
(b) Unhappiness.
(c) Calm and happy personality.
(d) Laziness.

2. What about this time of year do the cicadas like?
(a) The sun.
(b) The flowers.
(c) The birds.
(d) The snow.

3. The poet creates what between the two readers in "Cicadas?"
(a) An echo.
(b) A discussion.
(c) An argument.
(d) A dance.

4. Why do the two parts do this?
(a) To give a sense of jealousy and hatred.
(b) To create a sense of frenzy and chaos.
(c) To give a sense of determination.
(d) To give a sense of humor.

5. "Mayflies" describes the _________ life of the mayfly
(a) Boring.
(b) Long.
(c) Short.
(d) Lazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The digger wasp wants its children to know that they were ____________.

2. What does the moth do throughout the entirety of this poem?

3. Where do the grasshoppers hop?

4. The first thing that one notices when turning the page to the poem about whirligigs is what?

5. "Fireflies" tells of the _________ of a firefly.

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