The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Word Bank
devour	fiber	hamper	inhaled
laundry	nozzle	oblivious	propelling
	suction	versus

Vocabulary activity for Chapter 7 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.

The maid connected a long metal tube to the _____ at the end of the hose and fastened a carpet-cleaning part to the end of the tube.
1. nozzle
2. suction
3. laundry
He watched the hungry machine _____ dust and lint that lay in its path.
1. propel
2. inhale
3. devour
He was in danger of being _____ along with the dust mice.
1. devoured
2. suctioned
3. inhaled
The awful machine had inhaled his tail and he felt himself being pulled by _____ across the carpet.
1. suction
2. laundry
3. propellor
She was pulling her hair behind her ears, now piling it on top of her head, _____ to the desperate struggle under the bed.
1. oblivious
2. versus
3. devoured
He tried to move forward, _____ the cycle with his feet.
1. propelling
2. devouring
3. inhaling
Motorcycle _____ vacuum cleaner - which would be the winner?
1. suction
2. versus
3. fibered
The pillowcase was thrown on the heap of _____ the maid had dropped on the floor.
1. hamper
2. laundry
3. suction
Ralph was deep in the _____ where no light filtered through at all.
1. nozzle
2. hamper
3. fiber
When Ralph thought he could not force his jaws to close on one more mouthful of _____, he emerged into daylight at the top of the hamper.
1. fiber
2. hamper
3. suction