Battle of the Books Questions
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
By: Beverly Cleary
1. In what book does a boy stay at the Mountain view Inn? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 11
2. In what book does a boy take an ambulance and a red motorcycle out of his suitcase? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 61
3. In what book is a character happy that an apple core is left near a telephone? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 20
4. In what book does the mother of a character scold him and warn him away for the telephone cord? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 21
5. In what book are there bunches of dusty fluff under the bed because the maid hardly ever cleans? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 49
6. In what book does a character have an aunt who works in a bridal salon? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 52 & 81
7. In what book does a character hide in a pajama sleeve? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary p. 58
8. In what book does a character want a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 64
9. In what book does a boy not want to take a bath? The Mouse and the Motorcycle byBeverly Cleary, p. 40
10. In what book is there a mounted deer's head over the stair landing? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 51
11. In what book does a character sleep on a heap of shredded Kleenex? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 70
12. In what book was a character worried about a hotel being torn down and a new highway being built? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary. p. 22
13. In what book does a mother worry because her son stayed out late in the daytime when he should have been home safe in bed? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 22
14. In what book does a plane so scare a character that he lets go and falls into a wastebasket? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p.27
15. In what book does a character not want to be seen by the maid? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 39
16. In what book does a character's father die from aspirin poisoning? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 22
17. In what book does a character escape from an owl on a vine? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 132
18. In what book does a character invite another character to be caged in his house? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 154
19. In what book does a character need an aspirin for a high fever? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 116
20. In what book does a character find a pill and know it is aspirin because ithas writing on it? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 116
21. In what book does a character wonder how his ancestor, the one that ran up the clock, stood the racket? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 134
22. In what book does an owl hoot several times? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 55
23. In what book does a character not wish to be laundered or thrown out with the trash? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 83
24. In what book does a character give another character a present of a half of a Ping-Pong ball? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 91
25. In what book do characters store peanuts? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, p. 109