Who is the cat that lives at the Fitzgibbon's farm and sleeps a lot?
Dragon
100
Who was killed by Dragon?
Jonathan Frisby
100
Who is the doctor from NIMH?
Dr. Schultz
100
Who puts powder in Dragon's bowl and then gets captured?
Mrs. Frisby
100
Which mouse is captured at the market place and then becomes a leader of the rats?
Nicodemus
200
How does Jonathan Frisby die?
He is killed by a cat.
200
How do Mrs. Frisby's children learn about the rats and their father?
She tells them the story at the very end of the book.
200
Why does Mrs. Frisby visit Mr. Ages at the beginning of the book?
Timothy has pneumonia.
200
Why does Jenner leave the rat colony?
He leaves because he doesn't agree with the plan.
200
How do the rats meet Jonathan Frisby?
They live in the laboratory together and then escape with each other.
300
Why is it important for the rats to move Mrs. Frisby's house?
Mr. Fitzgibbons is getting ready to plow over their house and Timothy can't be out in the cold nights.
300
Why is Jonathan Frisby afraid to tell his wife about the injections?
He will not age but she will grow older.
300
What does the Frisby family(except Ms. Frisby) have in common with the rats?
They were given injections at the laboratory and the effects may be also found in the children.
300
Why are the rats taught to read?
The laboratory wants to measure how the injections affect their intelligence.
300
How does the Owl's opinion of Mrs. Frisby change after he talks to her?
At first he is annoyed with her but then he learns that her husband was Jonathan Frisby.
400
What does Mrs. Frisby volunteer to do while the rats move her house?
She volunteers to put sleeping powder in Dragon's food.
400
What does Doctor Schultz want to find out about the rats who live in rose bushes?
He wants to know if they are the rats from NIMH.
400
Who says this famous quote from the book, "All doors are hard to unlock until you have the key."
Mr. Jonathan Frisby
400
What is one distinctive feature of Nicodemus's face.
He has a patch and a scar across his left eye.
400
How do the rodents escape from the laboratory to outside?
They climb through the air ducts.
500
What was the main idea of the Plan?
The rats wanted to live without stealing.
500
What is one of the resources the rats steal from Farmer Fitzgibbon that allow them to live almost like humans?
They steal electricity and water.
500
What is one reason Nicodemus wants to destroy the machines?
1. He wants to destroy them so it will look like a junk
pile.
2. It will take them away from any temptation to go back to those things if it does not go well in Thorn Valley.
500
What do the men pump into the burrow to scare out the rats?
They pump poisonous gas into the burrow.
500
What does Mrs. Frisby overhear from Mr. Fitzgibbon concerning the seven rats in the hardware store?