Discussion Question 

1. How would you feel if you got captured in the lab and got a shot?

2. Do you think its a good thing doing experiments on animals? 

3. How would you escape from the lab? Would you?

4. If you were as intelligent as the rats, what would you invent? Explain.

5. Who do you prefer Dr  Schults, Julie or George? Explain why.

6.  How does the author uses irony to describe the rats escape?

7. What would you train your animals to do if you were a NIMH scientist?

8. Why do you think it's not a good thing to give shots to animals?

9. What do the rats discover in the toy tinkers truck? How does it help the rats?

10. Have you ever been in a situation where you have felt trapped?

11. What do you think about rats? 

12. If you were a scientist, what animal would you test on? Why?

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