Before taking this test, please read the novel The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary!
Please answer the questions to the best of your abilities by typing either "true" or "false". After answering each question, click the "Check Answer" button before continuing to the next question. If you answer incorrectly, you will be given a multiple choice version of the question. After you have answered all questions, a box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.
Mrs. Gridley protested that this hotel was spooky and full of mice.
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Ralph thought his motorcycle was a valuable machine.
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Ralph had not watched many children in the hotel room 215, so he did not know much about toys.
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Ralph and the motorcycle landed with a crash in the wicker laundry basket.
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Ralph could only hope that someone dropped a napkin over him.
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Ralph could only hope that someone dropped a Kleenex over him.
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Ralph could only hope that someone dropped a sack over him.
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Finally, after all other attempts failed, Ralph finally fell asleep in the wastebasket.
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Ralph was excited when he realized that Keith was talking to him.
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Ralph confessed to Keith that he had ridden his motorcycle off the bedside table.
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The motorcycle continued to run when Ralph stopped making the noise.
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Keith said, “You can use the motorcycle at night and I’ll use it in the daytime. I’ll leave the door open an inch so you can get in."
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Startled by a glassy eye of a mounted deer’s head, Ralph hurried down the hallway past the stairway and elevators.
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The wild barks by the little poodle told Ralph he had been seen.
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Keith and his father tried to convince Keith’s mother that she was still dreaming if she thought she saw a mouse on a red motorcycle.
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The knothole below the window is Ralph’s home.
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Ralph agreed with his mother the just because Keith is a person, means that he is bad, just like Ralph's Pop used to say.
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Ralph's mother reminded him that his Uncle Andrew disappeared and was later discovered in an owl pellet.
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Ralph curled up on a bed of shredded Kleenex to take a nap after his lunch of peanut butter sandwich.
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The door opened suddenly and the maid entered and caught Ralph dashing for the knothole.
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The sound of the vacuum-cleaner attachments banging together struck terror in Ralph’s heart.
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Ralph abandoned the motorcycle to run from the vacuum.
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The awful machine inhaled Ralph’s tail.
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Ralph knew he would have to start clawing his way through the pillowcase with his sharp claws.
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Finally, Ralph made his way to the top of the laundry hamper.
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Ralph was so exhausted after his ordeal that he fell asleep under Keith's bed.
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The next thing Ralph knew; Keith was shaking him by the shoulder.
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Ralph’s family helped clean up before they began to tiptoe to their own homes.
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Keith was disappointed because Ralph was not supposed to ride the motorcycle in the daytime. Ralph had promised Keith.
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Keith did not want to talk to Ralph anymore since he had lost his motorcycle.
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Keith wanted to talk with Ralph because he might not ever have a chance to speak with a mouse again.
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Keith's mom and dad tell him to use his head so he will not get into messes himself.
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By the time Ralph remembered to use the hand brakes he had hit a tree and took an awful spill.
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Ralph’s mother was sure they would continue to have room service after Ralph had lost Keith’s motorcycle.
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Ralph knew he would flee before he had found out what happened to Keith’s motorcycle.
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Ralph had a wonderful idea—keep quiet and Keith will bring room service so they will not need to scabble for food so they will not get into any poison.
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Keith was feeling awful in his insides.
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Ralph was not feeling well so his parents sent him to bed early.
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Ralph knew he just had to find an aspirin somewhere in this hotel.
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Uncle Lester told Ralph to remember his father. He reminded Ralph that he could not carry an aspirin in his cheek pouches.
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All Ralph found in the next room was a safety pin.
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Betty leaned closer to him for a better look.
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Betty thought of a way to get rid of him without hurting him.
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Instead of walking towards the washbasin, the teacher walked towards the open window.
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Owls were the first think Ralph thought about while hanging from the tree branch.
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Ralph noticed that it was sparklingly clean under the grandfather clock. Someone must have just cleaned under it.
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Keith unloaded the aspirin, shoved it under the bedroom door, and squeezed under it.
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Ralph’s mother liked room service since they had left Keith an aspirin for a tip.
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Ralph was sure his mother would reward him by letting him go to the attic by himself now.
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Keith said he just felt sort of tired after taking the second aspirin.
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Matt had found the motorcycle in the kitchen by the wastebasket.
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Keith thought Ralph showed he was responsible and grown-up when he took care of his family.
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Ralph was going to miss the motorcycle and Keith when Keith went home.
