Theme with Aesop's Fables

1) Choose the statement that best demonstrates the theme of The Ant and the Grasshopper.

• Accept each others' differences.
• Help those in need.
• Put work before play.

2) Which of the topics below could be the subject of this story?

• Hard Work
• Friendship
• Loneliness

3) Why did ant say, “Find somewhere else to sing, grasshopper! There is no food or warmth for you here!”

• Ant had run out of food and there was nothing else to share with his friend.
• Ant had worked hard to gather food for winter while Grasshopper did no work and made fun of him.
• Ant was frustrated because Grasshopper wouldn’t share his food.

4) The author says ant would “toil back” with her harvest. What does the word toil mean?

• to work extremely hard
• to struggle
• to make fun of

5) Choose the statement that best demonstrates the moral of The Ant and the Grasshopper.

• Good things come to those who wait.
• Hard work and planning for the future are important.
• Don’t sweat the small stuff!

6) Which set of character traits best describes the ant?

• selfish and lazy
• sympathetic and carefree
• persistent and hardworking

7) Which set of character traits best describes the grasshopper?

• rude and lazy
• persistent and funny
• empathetic and friendly

8) What was the main conflict in this story?

• The farmer wants the animals to work to harvest grain.
• The grasshopper wants company to play, and the ant wants to work for the future.
• The ant is upset that the grasshopper will not play with him.

9) Which of these best describes the setting of this story?

• “She would hurry to the field every morning, as soon as it was light enough to see.”
• “Summer faded into autumn…”
• ”There once lived an ant and a grasshopper in a grassy meadow.”

10) In what ways do the characters think differently?

• The animals thought about the future different. Grasshopper was planning for tomorrow while the ant was planning for the winter.
• The animals thought about the future differently. Grasshopper was not planning for anything, and the ant was planning for the upcoming winter.
• The animals are very similar and there aren’t any differences.