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Chapter 5: Five Days
Questions:
1. How did Mrs. Frisby know that she had five days until plowing time?
2. What happened when Mrs. Frisby found herself near the cat?
3. What was strange about the cat’s behavior?
4. What were the rats pulling?
5. Although Mrs. Frisby came within ten feet of Dragon, he did not chase her. Why do you
think he behaved this way?
6. What was odd about the behavior of the rats? What do you think they were doing?
Vocabulary
word | definition | sentence |
tractor (N) /ˈtræktər/ | a strong vehicle with large back wheels used on farms for pulling things | Mr Fitzgibbon had backed the tractor out of the big, cluttered shed |
hitch (N) /hɪtʃ/ | a device for fastening one thing to another, for example for fastening a plow to a tractor | they all gathered around the plow-hitch. |
hitch (V) /hɪtʃ/ | to fasten something to an object or vehicle | He shifted the gears and eased the tractor forward again. Hitched behind it, clear of the ground, was the plow. |
linchpin (N) /ˈlɪntʃ.pɪn/ | a locking pin inserted crosswise to hold two things together | let’s haul it out and see about the linchpin |