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

2. How do the two parts relate to the whirligig beetle?
(a) Reflect the movement of the whirligig beetle.
(b) Reflect the laziness of the whirligig beetle.
(c) Reflect the aggressiveness of the whirligig beetle.
(d) Reflect the joy felt by the whirligig beetle.

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

4. What does the digger wasp hope to do for its offspring?
(a) Make them happy.
(b) Make them jealous of it.
(c) Make life easier.
(d) Make life more exciting.

5. How are people like the digger wasp?
(a) People never live to see their offspring.
(b) People are insects.
(c) People also make sacrifices for each other.
(d) People have wings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. This is the first poem to focus on what?

3. "Water Boatmen" frequently repeats what word?

4. This sense reflects the movements of the whirligig beetle where?

5. This group of people slaved away for the small _____________ population who controlled the country.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are these insects compared to rowers?

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

4. What does "The Digger Wasp" describe? Why?

5. How do "Whirligig Beetles" and "Requiem" compare?

6. Why might the digger wasp die before its young are born?

7. To what else could the water boatmen be compared? Why?

8. How does the author use poetry and literary devices to teach about whirligig beetles?

9. How is "Requiem" unlike any of the other poems? Why?

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

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