Before completing this activity, you must read chapter 2 of The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary!
Choose which answer best fits each question. When you have answered all of the questions, click the "Check Answer" button. A box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.
What did Ralph like and dislike about Keith being in the hotel room?
Ralph disliked child playing in the rooms and liked cats in the room.
Ralph disliked children leaving crumbs all over the room and liked dogs being in the rooms.
Ralph disliked cats in the room and liked children playing in the room.
Ralph disliked the snoopy dogs and liked children leaving crumbs in the room.
What seemed to satisfy something in Ralph?
excitement
Keith's motorcycle noises
hunger
curiosity
What did Ralph's mother warn him against?
apple cores
Matt the Bellboy
telephone cord
bathroom sink
Ralph’s father had tried to carry an _____ in his cheek pouch and it had dissolved with unexpected suddenness, and Ralph’s father had been poisoned.
cold tablet
aspirin
cough drop
vitamin
Which things were "dangers" to Ralph and his family? (Choose 4)
How did Ralph reach the top of the bedside table?
He had to go to the next floor and drop down.
He climbed up Keith's pant legs.
He climbed up the bed covers.
He climbed up the telephone cord.
What did Ralph think made the motorcycle legal to ride?
tires
chromium muffler
handlebars
license plate
True or False: Ralph thought his motorcycle was a valuable machine.
true
false
True or False: Ralph had not watched many children in the hotel room 215, so he did not know much about toys.
false
true
What "shattered Ralph's nerves and terrified him so that he forgot all about steering"?
someone screamed
a knock at the door
the doorbell rang
the telephone rang
True or False: Ralph and the motorcycle landed with a crash in the wicker laundry basket.
