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The Lorax Answer Key

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Characters
#1 Which character is a skillful knitter, very greedy, a little mysterious and lurks in his Lerkim. The Once-ler
#2 Which character is short, hairy, smallish and bossy. Speaks for the trees. The Lorax.
#3 Which characters are brown, friendly, very playful and love to eat truffula fruit. Bar-ba-loots
#4 Which characters are feathery, fly high in the sky and sing beautiful songs. Swomee-Swans
#5 Which characters love to swim and splash and are rather peaceful creatures that hum wonderful tunes. Humming-Fish
Story Elements.
#1 Does the Once-ler builds a factory in the beginning, middle, or end of the story? The middle
#2 The Humming fish are the first, second, or last creatures to leave in the story. The last.
#3 True or False: The Lorax only appears at the end of the story. False.
#4 The Once-ler knits a Thneed in the beginning, middle, or end or the story. The Beginning.
#5 Where does the story take place? The far end of town.
Story Details.
#1 True or False: The Lorax is happy when the Once-ler arrives and they become good friends. False.
#2 Does the Once-ler make the other characters lives better or worse? Worse.
#3 How many Truffula trees are left at the end of the story? No trees/ Zero.
#4 The part of the story when the last Truffula tree is chopped down is the setting, the climax or the main character o the story. The climax.
#5 Who did the Once-ler call on his radio-phone to help him knit Thneeds. His family. His brothers and Uncles and Aunts.
Vocabulary
#1 This word means: unusual or odd. Strange
#2 This word means: to speak with soft, hushed sounds using only the breath and lips but no vocal chords. Whisper
#3 This word means:a strong desire to have more than one needs or deserves. Greed
#4 This word means: an ability to do something well. Skill
#5 This word means: the story does not have to end sadly if some kind of action is taken. Unless
Real word or Invented word?
#1 Grickle-grass Invented.
#2 Glorious Real
#3 Grim Real
#4 Gluppity glup Invented
#5 Dank Real
Final Question
What does it cost for the Once-ler to tell how the Lorax was lifted away? 15 cents, a nail, and the shell of a great-great-great grandfather snail.