Vocabulary activity for Chapter 2 of The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary!

Here are some exerts from the story. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word. 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.

1. A little child, _____ two or even three children, would have been better.

   
   
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   1.   ?    jauntily
   2.   ?    recklessly
   3.   ?    preferably

2. The third _____ felt by Ralph was joy when the boy laid the apple core on by the telephone.

   
   
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   1.   ?    craving
   2.   ?    emotion
   3.   ?    aspirin

3. This was followed by _____ when the mother dropped the core into the wastebasket.

   
   
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   1.   ?    switchboard
   2.   ?    emotion
   3.   ?    despair

4. Ralph _____ out of the mousehole and across the threadbare carpet to the telephone cord.

   
   
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   1.   ?    rumored
   2.   ?    scurried
   3.   ?    craved

5. She worried about the _____ that their hotel was to be torn down.

   
   
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   1.   ?    momentum
   2.   ?    despair
   3.   ?    rumor

6. She worried about her children finding _____ tablets.

   
   
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   1.   ?    aspirin
   2.   ?    chromium
   3.   ?    switchboard

7. She worried because he was a _____ mouse.

   
   
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   1.   ?    emotional
   2.   ?    jaunting
   3.   ?    reckless

8. Ralph walked all the way around it, examining the pair of _____ mufflers and the engine and the hand clutch.

   
   
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   1.   ?    reckless
   2.   ?    despair
   3.   ?    chromium

9. Ralph threw a leg over the motorcycle and sat jauntily on the plastic seat.

   
   
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   1.   ?    recklessly
   2.   ?    emotionally
   3.   ?    jauntily

10. Ralph was not satisfied just sitting on the motorcycle. Ralph _____ action.

    
    
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    1.   ?    craved
    2.   ?    scurried
    3.   ?    remored

11. It rang just that half ring, as if the girl at the _____ realized she had rung the wrong room.

    
    
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    1.   ?    aspirin
    2.   ?    switchboard
    3.   ?    rumor

12. The _____ of the motorcycle carried him forward.

    
    
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    1.   ?    momentum
    2.   ?    chromium
    3.   ?    emotion