Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh Ch. 21-22

How did the monks live?

• They grew their own food, built their own houses and furniture.

• They were dependent on others for their survival.

• They bought everything that they needed to live.

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What did the rats learn about how people felt about them?

• The rats learned that they were the most hated animals on earth.

• The rats learned that the people really liked rats.

• The rats learned that people could care less about rats.

• The rats learned that people thought that rats were dumb.

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What did they feel was the main reason that they were hated?

• They stole to survive.

• They smelled really gross.

• Their tails freaked people out.

• They were really ugly.

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What did the find lying in the woods one day?

• They found an old man who was dead.

• They found a gentle old lady who lived in a shoe.

• The found a community of hobbits.

• They found another community of rats.

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What did the man do for a living?

• The man was a toy peddler and mender.

• The man was a traveler who roamed the forest.

• The man was a wizard, who lead a civilization of animals.

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How did he die?

• One wheel of the truck had sunk into the soft earth and was stuck and he had been trying to dug it out.

• The man had suffered from the flu.

• The man had gotten stuck in a blizzard.

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What was the real treasure that they found in the man’s truck?

• They found a pile of miniature tools that were small enough for them to handle.

• They found a pile of food.

• They found more books that they could read.

• They found a cave where they could build their own civilization.

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IN the story about the woman who bought a vacuum cleaner, what was the lesson the town learned?

• Because all the women in the town bought vacuum cleaners it caused the use of more electricity which caused the burning of more coal which forced the women to work even harder to keep their floors clean.

• The harder you work the better the results will be.

• Anything that is electric works better than something that is not.

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What is a rat race?

• A race where no matter how fast you run, you do not get anywhere.

• A bunch of rats running in a race against eachother.

• When people try to get somewhere as fast as they can.

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What was the other thing that they rats were constantly worried about?

• The rats worried that they might get caught again.

• They might never find a place for them to live.

• They might have to go back to stealing everything to survive.

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