The Mouse and the Motorcycle chapter 3

Which detail from the text supports the fact

that Ralph wasn’t feeling well when he

woke up in the wastebasket?

• "He leaned back against the side of the wastepaper basket, closed his eyes, and thought about his Uncle Victor."

• "He hoped it was not broken."

• "Wearily Ralph dragged himself over to the wall of his metal prison and sat down beside the apple core to rest his aching body."

• "He set it upright and rolled it backward and forward to make sure the wheels still worked."

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CCSS.RI.3.2

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CCSS.RL.4.1

What happened to Uncle Victor?

• He landed in a metal wastebasket and a maid took him out with the trash.

• He was sucked up by a vacuum cleaner.

• He was poisoned by an aspirin tablet.

• He choked on an apple core.

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“Then he seized the apple core by the stem and dragged it over to the motorcycle.” What does seized mean?

• to eat

• to throw away

• to cover up

• to take

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Name a detail in the text that supports the fact that the motorcycle was damaged in the fall.

• "He examined the motorcycle."

• "One handlebar was bent and some paint was chipped off......"

• ".....he rolled the motorcycle over to the wall of the wastebasket."

• "The core was too heavy to lift up on to the seat of the motorcycle."

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CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

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“Wearily Ralph dragged himself over to

the wall of his metal prison and sat down

beside the apple core to rest his aching

body.” Ralph compares the waste basket to a prison. What does a prison have in common with a wastebasket?

• The are both made of metal.

• They are both cold.

• They are both big.

• They both make you feel trapped.

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