The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Word Bank
ambulance	ancestor	collapsed	crucial
descend	detours	din	gleaming
	precious	triumph

Vocabulary activity for Chapter 12 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.

Ralph huddled shivering in the shadows of a leaf, aware that he was losing _____ seconds.
1. triumpant
2. ambulance
3. precious
It was a long winding route full of _____ to the ground-floor window.
1. ancestors
2. detours
3. dins
There under the dresser, _____ in a shaft of moonlight, he saw a round white pill.
1. descending
2. gleaming
3. collapsing
How his famous _____, the one that ran up the clock, hickory-dickory-dock, stood the racket, he did not know.
1. detour
2. ambulance
3. ancestor
Ralph discovered the night clerk had slept soundly through the _____.
1. triumph
2. precious
3. din
"If you won't let me take the sports car, will you let me take the _____?"
1. ambulance
2. crucial
3. gleam
It was a _____ moment. Now he would find out if his plan was going to work.
1. crucial
2. triumphant
3. collapse
The man pressed the button, the doors closed, and the elevator actually began to _____.
1. gleam
2. descend
3. detour
Ralph _____ over the steering wheel, limp with relief, just as the man came back through the lobby with his dog.
1. precious
2. collapsed
3. detoured
Ralph was filled with _____.
1. triumph
2. ancestors
3. dins