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Section Vocabulary
                    indistinguishable
                    implanted
                    ample
                    rivulet
                    luscious
                    opportunistic
                    apt
                    temerity
                    tattered
                    awestruck
                    congenial               
            venue
            crevice
            prophecy
            radiant  
            desolate
            perilous
            scurry
            barren
            gruesome
            occasional
            bounty

Reproducible Vocabulary  List:  Deadlines

Comprehension Questions
Questions for Chapter 1-4

These questions can be printed out for use as a written activity, or used for Think-Pair-Share activities - also known as Buddy Talk.

Chapter 1: Restlessness

1.  What are the first four paragraphs describing?

    ________________________________________
    ________________________________________
    ________________________________________

2. How would you interpret how this passage might relate
    to Silverfish?
   
    ________________________________________
    ________________________________________
    ________________________________________
    ________________________________________


3.  Silverfish describes her cylinder as a 'reddish-brownish
     mess'. What do you think has happened to her silvery cylinder?

    _________________________________________

Chapter 2:  The Queen

1.  Briefly describe how each bug-fellow thinks about the Great Cicada      Ball.

Cockroach     __________________________________
                         __________________________________
Silverfish       __________________________________
                         __________________________________
Stinkbug        __________________________________
                         __________________________________

2.  Describe four different jobs worker bees do in the hive.

    a.    ________________________________________
    b.    ________________________________________
    c.    ________________________________________
    d.    ________________________________________

Chapter 3:  Plans and Preparations

1.  Foreshadowing in a story is a hint of what will
     happen later on. Which part in this chapter is an
     example of foreshadowing?
   
________________________________________  
    ________________________________________

2.  Describe each bug-fellow's job for the Great Cicada Ball.

Worker 1200    ________________________________________
Praying Mantis    ________________________________________
grasshoppers   ________________________________________
termites   
________________________________________
Old Yellow Fat   ________________________________________

Chapter 4:  Luna

1.  What do you think the orb in the sky is?
   
    ________________________________________

2.  What do the Luna Moths say about Cockroach's future?

    ________________________________________  
    ________________________________________  
    ________________________________________
    ________________________________________

3.  A haiku is a Japanese poem (usually about nature)
     with three unrhymed lines containing five, seven,
     and five syllables respectively.
     Does the Luna poem fit this definition?   _______

4.  What do you think is the meaning of the Luna's poem?

    ________________________________________  
    ________________________________________  
    ________________________________________
    ________________________________________

Reproducible Questions Chapters 1 - 4
Comprehension Questions
Questions for Chapter 5 - 7

These questions can be printed out for use as a written activity, or used for Think-Pair-Share activities - also known as Buddy Talk.
Chapter 5:  The Great Pasture

1.  According to the description of the wildflowers, how
    do flowers show bees the way to their pools of nectar?

    ________________________________________  
    ________________________________________ 

2.  How do robber flies attack and eat their prey?

    ________________________________________  
    ________________________________________ 

Chapter 6:  Sorrow and the Stag

1.  Describe Book Louse's reaction to the Great Sparkle Dusting.

    ________________________________________  
    ________________________________________ 
    ________________________________________  
    ________________________________________ 

2.  What is Stinkbug's greatest fear?
    ________________________________________  
    ________________________________________ 

3.  Why did Stinkbug think the partnership with Stag Beetle
      was a ridiculous idea?

    ________________________________________ 
    ________________________________________ 
    ________________________________________  
    ________________________________________ 

Chapter 7: A Pressing Matter

1.  What probably kept Silverfish from being crushed under
     the reddish-brownish mess?

    ________________________________________

rEPRODUCIBLE qUESTIONS cHAPTERS 5 TO 7

Comprehension Questions
Questions for Chapter 8 -10

These questions can be printed out for use as a written activity, or used for Think-Pair-Share activities - also known as Buddy Talk.

Chapter 8:  The Appointment


1.  What do you think the circle of stumps and fly-swatters are?

    ____________________________________________


2.  Why doesn't Worker 1200 want Gypsy Moth Caterpillar
      visiting her part of the forest?

    ____________________________________________


Chapter 9:  Rescue 

1.  What does Cockroach's agreement to help Silverfish say
     about his character?
      ___________________________________________
     ____________________________________________

2.  What do you think Stinkbug was feeling when he told
      Cockroach and Silverfish that she was training
      Stag Beetle for his fights?

    ____________________________________________
    ____________________________________________

Chapter 10: Scarab the Dung

1.  What did Worker 1200 find out about Gypsy Moth Caterpillar?

      ____________________________________________
      ____________________________________________

2.  What is the relationship between Scarab the Dung and Ra?

      ____________________________________________
      ____________________________________________

3.  What is Scarab's warning?

      ____________________________________________
      ____________________________________________
Reproducible Questions for Chapters 8 to 10
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