Thursday, December 26, 2013

Once A Mouse by Marcia Brown

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Book: Once a Mouse
Author: Marcia Brown
ISBN: 978-0689713439

1. What was a hermit thinking about one day?
2. What did he see while he was thinking about these things?
3. What was the hermit holding in his hand?
4. What was the hermit wearing?
5. Where is the setting?
6. Did the hermit spot the crow flying above?
7. What was the crow going to do to the mouse?
8. Why does the hermit think the mouse is poor?
9. Why does the hermit think the crow is greedy?
10. Why did the hermit comfort the mouse?
11. What did the hermit feed the mouse?
12. Where did the hermit take the mouse?
13. Where is the hermit’s house located?
14. What came to the hut while the hermit was feeding the mouse?
15. What was the hermit mighty at?
16. Why do you think the hermit was mighty at these two things?
17. Why did the hermit change the mouse into a stout cat?
18. What barked in the forest that night?
19. What animal did the hermit change the cat to?
20. What was prowling in the forest the next day?
21. What leaped on the dog?
22. What did the hermit do when the tiger leaped on the dog?
23. What did the mouse do when he was changed into a tiger?
24. What does this phrase mean, “he peacocked about the forest”?
25. How did the hermit react when he saw the mouse’s attitude?
26. Why do you think the hermit was upset with the mouse?
27. How did the mouse feel when the hermit spoke to him in an upset way?
28. At this time of the story the mouse is a ____________________.
29. Why was the mouse upset?
30. Why did the mouse think, “no one shall tell me that I was once a mouse.  I will kill him!”?
31. Was the hermit able to read the mouse’s thoughts?
32. What did the hermit do to the mouse after he read his thoughts?
33. Do you think the hermit should have saved the mouse at the beginning of the story?

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