commonlit:The Ants and the Grasshopper
1. PART A: What does the word “bustling” mean as it is used in paragraph 1?
A. to move quietly
B. to move with a purpose
C. to move slowly
D. to move tiredly
2. PART B: Which phrase from paragraph 1 best supports your answer to Part A?
A. “family of Ants”
B. “in the warm sunshine”
C. “drying out the grain”
D. “during the summer”
3. What does the information in paragraph 3 reveal about the grasshopper?
A. He doesn’t know how to store food for the winter.
B. He thinks the ants should have stored food for him while he played his music.
C. He is not a careful planner and was easily distracted by his music.
D. He is disappointed in himself because he did not store food for the winter.
4. How do the ants respond when the grasshopper asks them for help?
A. They ask him to play music for them while they work.
B. They decide the grasshopper’s problem is not their problem.
C. They decide to give him some food for the winter.
D. They continue on with their work and tell the grasshopper to join them.
5. Using complete sentences, explain the central moral, or lesson, of the story. Use evidence
from the text to support your answer.
