WorksheetsMrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh Ch. 20- 25
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
Mrs. Frisby needed to ______ with the rats about the plans for moving her house.
baffle
confer
criticize
Jenner was cynical. He never believed that the rats could make it by themselves. He was a _______.
pessimist
baffle
ventilation
When the shrew confronted the rats, they were confused or ______.
baffled
enormous
cultivated
Mrs. Frisby couldn't believe the time. She was so __________
in Nicodemus's story that she never glanced at the clock.
enormous
baffled
engrossed
The rats had been working hard. They cleared and __________
the land in preparation for planting.
criticized
engrossed
cultivated
A problem or predicament with no obvious solution is called _____.
impasse
ventilation
pessimist
The rats put a screen over the hole for air to circulate.
This is called ______.
engrossed
ventilation
cultivated
The shrew judged, or _______, the rats for "stealing" Mrs. Frisby's house.
engrossed
cultivated
criticized
The Frisby children could not understand why the rats would help them.
They were skeptical. What is a synonym for skeptical?
Explain the simile in this excerpt.
"The thought of what she had to do came back to Mrs. Frisby like the clanging of an alarm bell. What worried her most was the fear that she might wreck the plan."
Explain the metaphor in this sentence.
Jenner said to Nicodemus, "People are our cows."
What is a generalization that people make about rats?
Compare AND contrast Mrs. Frisby to Stormi Giovanni.
