Page 23 - Mousy Mouse Has a Bad Day

QUIZ QUESTIONS
1. As Mousy le for school, what did she tell herself and how was she feeling?
a. That she looked good and was feeling great.
b. That she did not look as good as the others and was sad. c. That she looked be er than anybody else and felt great.
2. A er Mousy met Samantha and Darlene, she felt bad. What caused her emo ons to change?
a. Samantha and Darlene made fun of her shoes and clothes. b. Mousy told herself that her stu did not look good.
c. Mousy just felt bad. She did not know why.
3. When Helen said that the carriage was “used,” Mousy upset herself. have told herself so that Helen’s comment would not be upse ng? a. Helen is just an old “smarty” and I should punch her in the nose.
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b. Everything I have is be er than Helen’s stu and she is jealous.
c. Just because it is not brand new does not mean it is not good. I like it just ne.
4. Most people want to be successful in school, which means you need to make good grades. What was wrong with Mousy’s thinking about her grade in spelling?
a. She told herself that she must make an A+ or she is just a dummy.
b. She told herself that she was going to do her best and that is all she could do. c. She told herself that it was not fair that everyone else made an A+.
5. Do you think that Mousy’s thinking about her spelling grade will make her work harder?
a. Yes, because she really wants to make an A+.
b. No, because now she is telling herself that she is dumb and can’t do it. c. No, because now she knows that the teacher won’t let her make an A+.
6. Why was Mousy able to get the big piece of cheese while the others could not?
a. Mousy was just lucky that the cat was red and went to sleep.
b. All the other mice were afraid to get too big a piece because the cat might catch them. c. Mousy was able to gure out the best plan to get the big piece of cheese.
7. Why did Mousy run back into the house a er she had go en the biggest piece of cheese?
a. Mousy upset herself because she was so worried about what the others thought of her. b. Mousy thought she could get an even bigger piece of cheese.
c. Mousy knew she had not been brave and that she had cheated.
8. Mousy was frequently unhappy. Why?
a. She was a poor mouse living in a poor home.
b. The other mice made fun of her clothes and shoes. c. She was always comparing herself to others.
9. What is a be er (Good Thinking) way of thinking that mousy could have used in the story?
a. “I am be er than all of these other mice, so I will just ignore them.” b. “Others may have nicer things, but my stu is s ll just ne.”
c. “One of these days I will have be er stu than any of them.”
10. If you change Mousy’s S nky Thinking to Good Thinking, how would Mousy have felt?
a. She would s ll be mad that the others had be er clothes and shoes.
b. She would be ashamed that her father had bought an old, beat up carriage. c. She would have felt OK about herself, even if others had newer stu .
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