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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 creates what for its children?
(a) A bed.
(b) A nest.
(c) A shelter.
(d) A room.

2. "Whirligig Beetles" describes ____________ of these beetles.
(a) The evening routine.
(b) The morning routine.
(c) The daily actions.
(d) Short life.

3. "The Digger Wasp" is told from whose perspective?
(a) A narrator.
(b) Another insect.
(c) A young digger wasp.
(d) The adult digger wasp.

4. How long have the cicadas spent in the dark?
(a) Two years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Four years.

5. According to these beetles, this ____________ way of moving is the best way to move.
(a) Fast.
(b) Slow.
(c) Straightforward.
(d) Round about and indirect.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is another mood that can be felt while reading "The Digger Wasp"?

3. How are the lives of the two types of bees similar?

4. "Cicadas" tells of the _________ that cicadas feel.

5. What else does the digger wasp prepare for its children?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can the world of the honeybee be compared to your own world?

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

3. From whose perspective is "Honeybees?" Why?

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

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

6. Describe the whirligig beetle, based on this poem.

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

8. What is a literary device used in "Water Boatmen?" Explain how it is used.

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

10. What is "Requiem?"

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