The Ants and the Grasshopper

What did the Grasshopper beg the family of Ants for? (More than one answer)

• water to drink

• a bite to eat

• a place to sleep

• help fixing his fiddle

What motivates the Grasshopper to talk to the Ants?

•  The Grasshopper is starving, and the Ants have food.
• The Grasshopper has food, and the Ants are starving.
• The Grasshopper is thirsty, and the Ants have water. 
• The Grasshopper has water, and the Ants are thirsty. 

What do the Ants think about how the Grasshopper spent the summer?

• The Ants think the Grasshopper spent his summer well by making music instead of storing food. 
• The Ants think the Grasshopper should have invited them to make music with him. 
• The Ants think the Grasshopper should have spent the summer storing food for them so they could have made music.
• The Ants think the Grasshopper should have spent the summer storing food instead of making music. 

What is the moral of this text?

• There's a time for work and a time for play. 
• It's more fun to play than work. 
• Others will help you if you don't do your work. 
• Hard workers have more fun than those who don't do their work. 

"I didn't have time to store up any food, " whined the Grasshopper. " I was so busy making music that before I knew it the summer was gone. "
Why might the author have used the word "whined" to describe the way the Grasshopper was speaking?

• to suggest that the Grasshopper is complaining in an annoying way
•  to suggest that the Grasshopper's voice has gotten louder
• to suggest that the Grasshopper is explaining himself in a polite way
• to suggest the Grasshopper's voice got quieter