Introduction-Foreword

Reading Check

1. Hem, Haw, Sniff, and Scurry (Introduction)

2. He recognizes change is coming. (Introduction)

3. He responds to change. (Introduction)

3. Haw (Introduction)

4. Stress reduction (Foreword)

5. “Move with the Cheese” (Foreword)

Short Answer

1. Hem is least likely to succeed because he fears change. (Introduction)

2. It serves as a fable to describe how responding to change is an important survival skill in many environments. (Introduction)

3. It represents the things people want in life. (Foreword)

4. When Charlie Jones read the book, it helped him embrace his new position, and he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a broadcaster. (Foreword)

5. People at a class reunion discuss the challenges in dealing with change. (Foreword)

6. It describes how the simple part of the mind deals better with change than the complex part. (Foreword)

7. It serves as a depiction of how people have used and applied the skills from the book. (Foreword)

Chapter 1

Reading Check

1. A class reunion (Chapter 1)

2. It is scary. (Chapter 1)

3. It had nearly failed. (Chapter 1)

4. Hem (Chapter 1)

Short Answer

1. It changed his perspective from seeing it as losing something to seeing it as gaining something. (Chapter 1)

2. He thought it was overly simplistic. (Chapter 1)

3. Most thought it was worthwhile. Some did not. (Chapter 1)

Chapter 2

Reading Check

1. Michael (Chapter 2)

2. Mice (Chapter 2)

3. Station C (Chapter 2)

4. Station N (Chapter 2)

5. “If You Do Not Change, You Can Become Extinct” (Chapter 2)

Short Answer

1. The little people use theories, beliefs, and emotions in their search. (Chapter 2)

2. Sniff and Scurry leave their running shoes nearby, prepared to continue looking for cheese, while the little people settle in and get comfortable, feeling entitled to the cheese. (Chapter 2)

3. The mice begin looking for new cheese in the maze. Hem and Haw decide to pout about their situation; they feel entitled to compensation from whoever stole the cheese. (Chapter 2)

4. He decides to act as he would if he were not afraid. (Chapter 2)

5. He vows not to become complacent again. (Chapter 2)

6. Haw learns that change produces new resources, and he learns to simplify the process of change. (Chapter 2)

Chapter 3

Reading Check

1. Hem (Chapter 3)

2. They are afraid. (Chapter 3)

3. Arrogance (Chapter 3)

Short Answer

1. Their resentment tends to make them sicker than those who move on. (Chapter 3)

2. Sniffs look for ever-changing situations in their environment to update the corporate vision. (Chapter 3)

3. The group decides that changes in relationships can be good for the people involved and that people do not necessarily need to be changed, but behaviors do. (Chapter 3)

4. Becky’s son did not want to leave his friends and swim team, but when he moved to Vermont, he learned to ski. Becky’s son adapted to the change, though reluctantly, and made the most of it by taking action when faced with adversity. (Chapter 3)