• What single word in the poem tells us the ant is extremely careful with its resources?
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  • When winter arrives, what two basic things does the cricket beg from the ant?
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  • Quote the ant’s blunt rule about borrowing and lending.
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  • What excuse does the cricket give for having saved nothing?
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  • Which archaic word in the poem simply means “said”?
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  • Name the two rhyming words that end the lines “He wished only to borrow; / He’d repay it tomorrow.”
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  • What physical details show the cricket is suffering when he knocks on the ant’s door?
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  • What does the ant tell the cricket to do instead of giving help?
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  • In the poet’s final comment, who are the “two-legged crickets”?
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  • What is the other title by which this Japanese folktale is known?
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