Vocabulary activity for Chapter 5 of The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary!
Please answer the questions to the best of your abilities by matching the vocabulary words on the right to their definitions on the left. 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.
boldly or brashly self-confident
to begin to grow light as the sun rises
to make (someone) very happy and excited or elated
to stimulate to action or to bodily readiness for activity; excite
to exert force in opposition
carried out fully; put completely into effect
a cage or platform and its hoisting machinery for conveying people or things to different levels
dishevel; rumple; messy
having the nap worn off so that the thread shows; shabby
the plank, stone, or piece of timber that lies under a door; sill
