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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. How do the book lice meet?
(a) They are roommates.
(b) They met online.
(c) They are introduced to each other by their parents.
(d) Accidentally.

2. Where do the grasshoppers hop?
(a) In a cage.
(b) Through someone's house.
(c) Through their environment.
(d) In a tree.

3. With what are the pages of the whirligig beetle's poem covered?
(a) Strong verbs describing these beetles.
(b) Vocabulary describing this beetle.
(c) The word whirligig.
(d) Drawings of these swerving, spinning beetles.

4. This is the first poem to focus on what?
(a) The life of these insects.
(b) The habitats of these insects.
(c) The mortality of these insects.
(d) The personalities of these insects.

5. What does the vocabulary in "Grasshoppers" do for the readers?
(a) It creates a vivid image in the reader's mind of the actions of a grasshopper.
(b) It creates a strange image in the reader's mind of the actions of a grasshopper.
(c) It makes the grasshoppers seem lazy.
(d) It makes the movements of the grasshoppers seem confusing.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom else's perspective is "Honeybees"?

2. What is another reason why this word is repeated in "Water Boatmen?"

3. Which bee believes life is hard and unenjoyable?

4. The water strider's ability to walk on water hints at what?

5. How does the queen spend her days?

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