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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The two parts of the poem frequently do what?
(a) Tell jokes.
(b) Repeat.
(c) Argue.
(d) Overlap.

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

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

5. 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 parts of the two speakers.
(d) The title of the poem.

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

7. What does the digger wasp hope its children will do?
(a) Know how to take care of itself.
(b) Enjoy the food and shelter.
(c) Realize the sacrifices the parent made for its children.
(d) Live long, happy lives.

8. Where are the water boatmen headed?
(a) To the opposite shore.
(b) To the coral reef.
(c) To the bottom of the pond.
(d) To the ocean.

9. This poem can be described how?
(a) As sad.
(b) As melancholy.
(c) As musical.
(d) As annoying.

10. What else does the digger wasp prepare for its children?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Mates.
(c) Work.
(d) Food.

11. Which bee believes life is relaxing and enjoyable?
(a) The queen bee.
(b) The worker bee.
(c) The bumble bee.
(d) The sweat bee.

12. Upon contemplating this poem and the deaths of these insects, one becomes more aware of what?
(a) The number of insect species.
(b) The importance of insects.
(c) The power of nature.
(d) The power of insects.

13. What names are used to describe the water boatmen?
(a) Rescuers, scuba divers, and snorklers.
(b) Boatmen, cockswain, and oarsmen.
(c) Ballerinas, danseurs, and primadonnas.
(d) Downhill skiers, speed skiers, and cross-country skiers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What about this time of year do the cicadas like?

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

3. How are people like the digger wasp?

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

5. The poet creates what between the two readers in "Cicadas?"

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