Characters
Good Readers Notice...
Cause & Effect
Mrs. Frisby's Story
The Rats' Story
100
The mice who help the rats escape from the lab through the air ducts.
Who are Mr. Frisby and Mr. Ages?
100
The comprehension strategy we are using when we take a clue from the story, add it to what we already know, and draw a conclusion.
What is inference?
100
After coming upon an abandoned toy tinker's truck, the rats find these inside, which help them in building their plow.
What are miniature tools?
100
Mrs. Frisby and her children live here in the winter.
What is in a cinderblock on the Fitzgibbons' farm?
100
Nicodemus was caught in a net and brought to NIMH while foraging for food here.
What is in the marketplace?
200
He ran the lab at NIMH, and was not surprised when Justin tried to escape.
Who was Dr. Schultz?
200
When a story is told in the voices of two or more narrators, the author is switching this.
What is point of view?
200
Doing this caused the rats to become dissatisfied, even though their lives were now easier.
What is stealing?
200
The rats agree to help Mrs. Frisby by doing this.
What is move her home to the lee of the stone?
200
While at NIMH, the rats learned this important skill, which helped them gain knowledge after they escaped.
What is reading?
300
The leader of the rats of NIMH.
Who is Nicodemus?
300
The author is using this literary device when you get a feeling of tension and/or suspense about future action as you are reading.
What is foreshadowing?
300
After escaping from the lab, the rats go here, where they find food, privacy, and lots of books to read.
What is the Boniface Estate?
300
After Mrs. Frisby reassures her that the "thieving rats" mean no harm, she reluctantly steps aside so the rats can continue their work.
Who is the Shrew?
300
In their cave, the rats were working on The Plan by collecting grain and building this in order to one day live independently.
What is a plow?
400
This character was against The Plan. He leaves the rats, and is electrocuted in a hardware store.
Who is Jenner?
400
An author is using this literary device when he/she tells the story in a non-linear form, jumping from the present to the past.
What is flashback?
400
Hearing this news causes Mrs. Frisby to respond, "Why didn't he tell me?"
What is the news that Mr. Frisby had been at NIMH with the rats?
400
Mrs. Frisby is caught by Billy Fitzgibbon while doing this.
What is putting sleeping powder in Dragon's bowl?
400
The rats did this so that the exterminators would not become suspicious that they were the rats of NIMH.
What is destroy everything in the cave?
500
After hearing the story of the rats of NIMH, he swears he is going to go find the rats someday in Thorn Valley.
Who is Martin?
500
When we use words such as brave, creative, or determined to describe a character, we are noticing these.
What are character traits?
500
He may have sacrificed his own life to save Brutus, and then gone back in the hole to save another rat.
Who is Justin?
500
Justin comes to the rescue, and frees Mrs. Frisby from here.
What is the birdcage?
500
This is the rats' plan for the future.
What is to grow their own food and live on a farm in Thorn Valley?
M
e
n
u