The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Chapter 12

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True or False:
Owls were the first think Ralph thought about while hanging from the tree branch.
1. false
2. true
How did Ralph feel as he clung to the Virginia creeper?
1. pride after getting out of the drinking glass
2. hunger after not eating for a while
3. anger after getting caught by the teacher
4. relief after the stuffy glass.
What did Ralph find after inching his way down the vine?
1. a closed window
2. an open door
3. a closed door
4. an open window
What did Ralph find in the room on the ground floor?
1. Ralph found three college age boys sleeping: two in beds and one in a sleeping bag.
2. Ralph found three people having a party in their room.
3. Ralph found three college age girls sleeping: two in beds and one in a sleeping bag.
4. Ralph found three mice eating crumbs after a party in their room.
What did Ralph spy gleaming on the floor under the dresser?
1. a round white pill
2. a small toy
3. a golden coin
4. a chocolate chip cookie
How did Ralph know he had found an aspirin?
1. The pill was round.
2. The pill was white.
3. The pill was oval.
4. The pill had letters on it.
Why was it more difficult to squeeze under the door on the first floor?
1. The door was shorter and less narrow.
2. The carpet was thinner and less quality.
3. The carpet was thicker and better quality.
4. The door was ajar.
What was the night clerk doing?
1. making his rounds
2. sleeping on the couch
3. watching a game on the TV
4. carrying guests’ luggage
What challenge did Ralph come up against with the aspirin?
1. He could not get past the night clerk.
2. He could not push the aspirin on the carpet.
3. He could not lift the aspirin up the steps.
4. He could not get on the elevator.
Where did Ralph find to hide from the night clerk?
1. under the grandfather clock
2. under the chair
3. under the couch
4. under the table
True or False:
Ralph noticed that is was sparklingly clean under the grandfather clock. Someone must have just cleaned under it.
1. false
2. true
Ralph was inspired to get the aspirin to Keith. What did he NOT do?
1. He ran down the hall to Room 215 and squeezed under the door.
2. He crawled up the stairs to the second floor.
3. He rolled the aspirin behind the ashtray stand beside the elevator.
4. He rode the luggage cart up the elevator with new guests.
What did Ralph ask Keith to borrow first?
1. blanket
2. sports car
3. motorcycle
4. ambulance
What did Keith agree to let Ralph borrow?
1. motorcycle
2. sports car
3. ambulance
4. handkerchief
What else did Ralph need Keith to do?
1. close the window
2. open the door
3. ran the elevator
4. open the window
How did Ralph get the elevator opened?
1. Ralph got the dog to get his master to take him for a walk.
2. Ralph got the night clerk to open the elevator.
3. Ralph got Keith’s mom to open the elevator.
4. Ralph got Keith to open the elevator.
How did Ralph drive into the elevator without being seen?
1. The night clerk distracted the man.
2. Ralph waited for the maid to distract the man and then raced by him.
3. Ralph waited until the dog distracted the man and then raced behind him.
4. Ralph hid behind the dog.
According to the man, who was the four-footed, hair-covered nuisance?
1. Ralph’s mother
2. little terrier
3. Uncle Lester
4. Ralph
What did Ralph do when he reached the first floor? (Choose 3)
1. He followed the man and the dog outside.
2. He ran down the hall.
3. He opened the rear doors.
4. He jumped out of the ambulance.
5. He seized the precious aspirin and boosted it inside the ambulance.
6. He distracted the night clerk.
What happened to the ambulance when Ralph started in the elevator?
1. The elevator doors closed on the ambulance.
2. The ambulance got stuck in the cracks between the floor of the lobby and the floor of the elevator.
3. The ambulance fell through the crack between the floor of the lobby and the floor of the elevator.
4. The elevator doors closed before the ambulance got on the elevator.
What did the man think when he saw the toy ambulance in the elevator?
1. The ambulance was carrying medical supplies to someone.
2. Someone had called for an ambulance.
3. Someone dropped the toy ambulance.
4. Some boy lost his toy ambulance.
Choose four things that happened when Ralph got to the second floor.
1. The elevator doors closed before Ralph could drive out of the elevator.
2. Keith’s room door had blown shut.
3. The elevator doors stayed open until Ralph drove the ambulance out.
4. Ralph drove the ambulance down the hallway to Room 215.
5. Keith’s room door was still standing open.
6. Ralph had no trouble driving the ambulance out of the elevator.
True or False:
Keith unloaded the aspirin, shoved it under the bedroom door, and squeezed under it.
1. true
2. false

created: March 2025 | updated: April 16, 2025
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