The Lorax Quiz Questions
1. What is the name of the creature who speaks for the trees?
(a) The Bar-ba-loots
(b) The Brown Bar-ba-loots
(c) The Lorax
(d) The Once-ler
2. What do the Once-ler’s machines make?
(a) Thneeds
(b) Truffula Trees
(c) Bar-ba-loots
(d) Brown Bar-ba-loots
3. What do the Bar-ba-loots eat?
(a) Truffula Fruits
(b) Thneeds
(c) Brown Bar-ba-loots
(d) Grickle-grass
4. What happens to the Brown Bar-ba-loots when the Truffula Trees are cut down?
(a) They move to another valley
(b) They eat the Grickle-grass
(c) They have to leave because there is no more food
(d) They become extinct
5. What does the Once-ler do with the Truffula Trees?
(a) He plants more of them
(b) He cuts them down to make Thneeds
(c) He protects them from the Brown Bar-ba-loots
(d) He uses them to build his factory
6. What does the Lorax say to the Once-ler?
(a) “I speak for the trees!”
(b) “I speak for the Thneeds!”
(c) “I speak for the Brown Bar-ba-loots!”
(d) “I speak for the Grickle-grass!”
7. What does the Once-ler do when the Lorax speaks to him?
(a) He listens and stops cutting down the trees
(b) He ignores the Lorax and keeps cutting down the trees
(c) He argues with the Lorax about the importance of Thneeds
(d) He agrees with the Lorax and plants more Truffula Trees
8. What happens to the air when all the Truffula Trees are gone?
(a) It becomes cleaner and fresher
(b) It becomes filled with the smell of Thneeds
(c) It becomes smoky and polluted
(d) It becomes filled with the sound of the Brown Bar-ba-loots
9. What happens to the water when all the Truffula Trees are gone?
(a) It becomes cleaner and clearer
(b) It becomes filled with the smell of Thneeds
(c) It becomes dirty and polluted
(d) It becomes filled with the sound of the Brown Bar-ba-loots
10. What happens to the land when all the Truffula Trees are gone?
(a) It becomes greener and more beautiful
(b) It becomes filled with the smell of Thneeds
(c) It becomes barren and empty
(d) It becomes filled with the sound of the Brown Bar-ba-loots
11. What does the Lorax do when the Once-ler won’t listen to him?
(a) He stays and continues to speak for the trees
(b) He leaves and takes all the Brown Bar-ba-loots with him
(c) He leaves and takes all the Grickle-grass with him
(d) He leaves and takes all the Thneeds with him
12. What does the Once-ler do when the Lorax leaves?
(a) He feels sad and stops making Thneeds
(b) He feels guilty and plants more Truffula Trees
(c) He keeps making Thneeds until there are none left
(d) He moves to another valley and starts a new factory
13. What does the Once-ler give to the boy at the end of the story?
(a) A Thneed
(b) A Truffula Fruit
(c) A Grickle-grass seed
(d) A Truffula Seed
14. What does the Once-ler tell the boy to do with the seed?
(a) Plant it and take care of it
(b) Sell it to make money
(c) Eat it to get strong
(d) Give it to another boy
15. What is the message of the story?
(a) It is important to make money
(b) It is important to take care of the environment
(c) It is important to be selfish
(d) It is important to ignore the Lorax
16. When was The Lorax first published?
(a) 1957
(b) 1962
(c) 1971
(d) 1984
17. What is the name of the valley where the story takes place?
(a) The Valley of the Lorax
(b) The Valley of the Once-ler
(c) The Valley of the Truffula Trees
(d) The Valley of the Brown Bar-ba-loots
18. What is the name of the machine that the Once-ler invents to make Thneeds?
(a) The Thneed-Maker
(b) The Super-Axe-Hacker
(c) The Grickle-Grass Grower
(d) The Brown Bar-ba-loot Feeder
19. What is the name of the animal that eats the Grickle-grass?
(a) The Swomee-Swans
(b) The Humming-Fish
(c) Not Mentioned
(d) The Once-ler
20. What does the Lorax say is the only way to bring back the Truffula Trees?
(a) By planting more Grickle-grass
(b) By building more Thneeds
(c) By taking care of the one Truffula Seed
(d) By moving to another valley
21. What does the boy say he will do with the Truffula Seed?
(a) Plant it and take care of it
(b) Sell it to make money
(c) Eat it to get strong
(d) Give it to another boy
22. What is the theme of The Lorax?
(a) The importance of money
(b) The importance of taking care of the environment
(c) The importance of being selfish
(d) The importance of ignoring the Lorax
23. What is the setting of the story?
(a) A futuristic city
(b) A magical forest
(c) A polluted wasteland
(d) A peaceful countryside
24. What does Ted want to find to impress Audrey?
(a) A Thneed
(b) A Truffula Tree
(c) A Bar-ba-loot
(d) A Swomee-Swan
25. Who is the author of The Lorax?
(a) Dr. Seuss
(b) J.R.R. Tolkien
(c) Roald Dahl
(d) C.S. Lewis
The Lorax Quiz Questions with Answers
1. What is the name of the creature who speaks for the trees?
(c) The Lorax
2. What do the Once-ler’s machines make?
(a) Thneeds
3. What do the Bar-ba-loots eat?
(a) Truffula Fruits
4. What happens to the Brown Bar-ba-loots when the Truffula Trees are cut down?
(c) They have to leave because there is no more food
5. What does the Once-ler do with the Truffula Trees?
(b) He cuts them down to make Thneeds
6. What does the Lorax say to the Once-ler?
(a) “I speak for the trees!”
7. What does the Once-ler do when the Lorax speaks to him?
(b) He ignores the Lorax and keeps cutting down the trees
8. What happens to the air when all the Truffula Trees are gone?
(c) It becomes smoky and polluted
9. What happens to the water when all the Truffula Trees are gone?
(c) It becomes dirty and polluted
10. What happens to the land when all the Truffula Trees are gone?
(c) It becomes barren and empty
11. What does the Lorax do when the Once-ler won’t listen to him?
(b) He leaves and takes all the Brown Bar-ba-loots with him
12. What does the Once-ler do when the Lorax leaves?
(c) He keeps making Thneeds until there are none left
13. What does the Once-ler give to the boy at the end of the story?
(d) A Truffula Seed
14. What does the Once-ler tell the boy to do with the seed?
(a) Plant it and take care of it
15. What is the message of the story?
(b) It is important to take care of the environment
16. When was The Lorax first published?
(c) 1971
17. What is the name of the valley where the story takes place?
(c) The Valley of the Truffula Trees
18. What is the name of the machine that the Once-ler invents to make Thneeds?
(b) The Super-Axe-Hacker
19. What is the name of the animal that eats the Grickle-grass?
(c) Not Mentioned
20. What does the Lorax say is the only way to bring back the Truffula Trees?
(c) By taking care of the one Truffula Seed
21. What does the boy say he will do with the Truffula Seed?
(a) Plant it and take care of it
22. What is the theme of The Lorax?
(b) The importance of taking care of the environment
23. What is the setting of the story?
(b) A magical forest
24. What does Ted want to find to impress Audrey?
(b) A Truffula Tree
25. Who is the author of The Lorax?
(a) Dr. Seuss
