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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The digger wasp wants its children to know that they were ____________.
(a) Prayed for.
(b) Loved.
(c) Considered.
(d) Envied.

2. How can people relate to the worker bee?
(a) Many people work for a queen.
(b) Many people are lazy and like to lay around all day.
(c) Many people make honey.
(d) Many people work hard and do not feel they get their just reward.

3. This group of people slaved away for the small _____________ population who controlled the country.
(a) Unhealthy.
(b) Poor.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Intelligent.

4. Why is the answer to number 90 repeated in the poem?
(a) This repetition shows how fast the boatmen must swim.
(b) This repetition creates the rhythm of the insects' oars as they slice through the water.
(c) This repetition shows how important these insects are.
(d) This repetition is meant to annoy the reader.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Digger Wasp" tells of the life of a digger wasp as it prepares for what?

2. What tool is used by the poet to express the beetles' qualities?

3. How does the worker bee spend his days?

4. Which bee believes life is relaxing and enjoyable?

5. Water boatmen are compared to whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "Requiem?"

2. Compare the different types of honeybees.

3. How could a person relate to a day in the life of the whirligig beetle?

4. What does "Water Boatmen" describe? Why?

5. What is the mood of "The Digger Wasp?" Why?

6. How is the artwork important, specifically to the whirligig beetle poem? Why?

7. How does the poet use poetry to give the reader a sense of what cicadas sound like?

8. What is the purpose of "Cicadas?"

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

10. What are the moods of this poem? Why do they differ?

(see the answer keys)

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