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QUIZ QUESTIONS
1. In the beginning of the story, Cosmos talks about how lucky animals are to have di cult lives. What is he talking about?
a Because their lives are so di cult, animals are very strong.
b. Cosmos was just talking stupid.
c. Animal’s’ di cult lives keep them from developing a lot of S nky Thinking.
2. Cosmos talked about “Knowing is not doing.” What does that mean?
a. Just because you know how to do something does not mean you should have to do it.
b. Some mes you must do something without knowing what you are doing.
c. You may know what you should do but that does not mean you will always do the correct thing.
3. Cosmos talked about how important it is to be neat and clean. Why is that important in the animal world?
a. A messy nest breeds germs.
b. They only have the “one room” and they must do everything in it.
c. The cleaning service only comes once a week in the animal kingdom.
4. Both the animals and humans have a rule about being neat. Why did Howard refuse to follow that rule?
a. He was red of everyone telling him what to do. b. He knew that everyone was just picking on him. c. He told himself, “It’s not my job.”
5. Others tried to explain to Howard that his unhelpful behavior was not good. Why did he kept doing it?
a. He kept telling himself, “They are trying to take advantage of me and I am not going to let them.” b. The others were threatening to hurt him.
c. Most of the others agreed with him that he should not listen to the grown-ups.
6. When Howard failed to watch for the owls and some li le ones were almost caught, what did he lose?
a. Most of the nuts he had stored.
b. The trust of the other squirrels.
c. Nothing, because he did not want to be on lookout anyway.
7. How would you describe Howard’s “Barrel Plan?”
a. A great idea.
b. A waste of me and energy.
c. Something the others wished they had thought of.
8. What caused Howard to not want to be helpful or neat or to gather nuts for the winter?
a. Good Thinking b. S nky Thinking c. Lazy Thinking
9. Because Howard had not stored any nuts for the winter, what did he have to do?
a. Beg food from the humans and hunt for food in the snow. b. Just live on the li le bid of food he had saved.
c. Learn new and be er ways of ge ng food.
10. Because of his S nky Thinking, what do we call Howard’s behaviors from ques on number nine?
a. Smart behaviors.
b. Thumbs Down behaviors. c. Thumbs Up Behaviors.
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