The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Word Bank
anxious	emerged	enthusiasm	exasperated
fate	flickered	hesitated	scheme
	sparingly

Vocabulary activity for Chapter 10 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.

It was an _____ night.
1. fateful
2. anxious
3. enthusiastic
At first Ralph's _____ worked.
1. scheme
2. flicker
3. fate
The mice ate _____ and laid aside the leftovers against the day Keith must leave the hotel.
1. anxiously
2. sparingly
3. hesitatingly
There was no _____ in Keith's voice.
1. scheme
2. flicker
3. enthusiasm
"Whatever is handy," said Ralph, who _____ to place an order.
1. schemed
2. hesitated
3. emerged
A smile _____ across Keith's face.
1. fated
2. exasperated
3. flickered
When his head _____, he said, "I'm sorry about your dinner."
1. emerged
2. flickered
3. schemed
He was concerned about Keith, the boy who had saved him from a terrible _____ in the wastebasket and who had trusted him with his motorcycle.
1. fate
2. hestiation
3. sparingly
He sounded thoroughly _____.
1. hesitated
2. emerged
3. exasperated