Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh 03

Vocabulary (with page numbers):

1. apt (21)
2. lashed (21)
3. abreast (22)
4. capacity (24)
5. dubiously (24)
6. authoritative (24)
7. surge (25)
8. scarcely (25)
9. eaves (29)
10. shrew (30)
11. illogical (32)

Reading comprehension:
1. What is the “unpleasant choice” that Mrs. Frisby faces?
2. Who is Dragon?
3. What is Jeremy doing when Mrs. Frisby helps him?
4. What does Mrs. Frisby think of Jeremy?
5. Why does Mrs. Frisby help Jeremy?
6. What is Moving Day?
7. Who is the Frisbys' neighbor?
8. Explain the saying from page 32: “All doors are hard to unlock until you have the key.”
9. Why is Mr. Fitzgibbon starting his tractor “a sound that filled [Mrs. Frisby] with alarm?”

Predict:
What sort of favor with Mrs. Frisby ask Jeremy for?