2: Q2: The Cat and the Mice

What is your first and last name?

1. What was the main conflict in the story

• The mice couldn’t agree on a plan.
• The mice wanted to be warned when the cat came near.
• The wise, old mouse would not let them put the bell around the cat’s neck.
• The mice were surprised they had not thought of such a good plan before.

2. From which point of view is the story told?

• first person, because the narrator is in the story
• first person, because the narrator is not in the story
• third person, because the narrator is in the story
• third person, because the narrator is not in the story

3. The reader can tell that the word “flee” means ___.

• play with
• listen to
• run away
• fly away

4. The wise, old Mouse _______.

• wanted to be the one to put the bell around the Cat’s neck
• knew that putting the bell around the Cat’s neck would be dangerous
• thought they should go ahead with the plan right away
• thought of the plan to put the bell around the Cat’s neck