Finding the Real Lorax

What animal do scientists think inspired the Lorax?

Look in REASON ONE.

• patas monkey

• chimpanzee

• orange monkey

• gorilla

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How do the patas monkey and the Lorax LOOK alike?

Look in REASON 1.

• The patas monkey is orange and has fur underneath its nose like the Lorax.

• They are both monkeys.

• They are both made up animals.

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Why do the scientists think that Dr. Seuss may have seen the patas monkey on his vacation?

Look in REASON 2.

• He visited the patas monkeys at the zoo.

• He went on a safari and saw the monkeys on a tree.

• He went to Kenya, where the patas monkey lives.

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What is one way the patas monkey and the Lorax are alike?

Look in Reason 3.

• Patas monkeys eat thorns just like the Lorax.

• Patas monkeys climb trees like the Lorax.

• Patas monkeys need the trees, just like the Lorax does.

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What is one way you can tell that the book , The Lorax, is fiction?

Look on the FRONT PAGE.

• It has a front cover.

• It has made-up animals.

• It has a photograph.

• It has a title.

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Scientists think that the patas monkey inspired the Lorax. What does inspired mean?

Look on page 2.

• talked to

• wrote

• gave someone the idea for

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Someone who has writer’s block can’t ___________ .

Look in Reason 2.

• write neatly

• come up with ideas

• read a lot of books

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What is the first reason the author gives to show that the patas monkey probably inspired the Lorax?

Look in Reason 1.

• The Lorax looks like the real monkey.

• Dr. Seuss went to the place where the monkey lives.

• The monkey needs the trees, just like the Lorax does.

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Look at the photo at the bottom of page 2. What does the photo caption tell you?

• The Lorax has orange fur and a mustache.

• Patas monkeys climb trees.

• Patas monkeys live in Kenya.

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What is one reason the author thinks the patas monkey inspired the Lorax?

• Dr. Seuss said that it did.

• Dr. Seuss had a pet patas monkey

• The Lorax looks like the real patas monkey.

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