Characters
Setting
Character Traits
Problem & Solution
Simple Machines
100
The main character (animal) in the story.
Who is Ralph?
100
The Gridley's stop at this hotel on their way to California.
Where is The Mountain View Inn?
100

The character you would describe as a worrier.

Who is Ralph's mother?

100
Ralph's family is concerned there won't be enough of these left behind with Keith's family because they don't have small children.
What are crumbs?
100

A tool that makes work easier.

What is a simple machine?

200
The main character (boy) in the story.
Who is Keith?
200
Summer
When or what season does the story take place?
200

The character you would describe as reckless.

Who is Ralph?

200
Ralph gets trapped inside this after playing with the motorcycle the first time.
What is the wastebasket?
200

A simple machine that gets thinner at one end that is used to split material.

What is a wedge?

300
Keith's mother
Who is Mrs. Gridley?
300
The Gridleys travel to this state for a vacation.
Where is California?
300

The character who could be described as kind.

Who is Keith, as in when he shows kindness to Ralph when he brings him food and lets him ride his motorcycle.

300

Ralph gets caught inside this when he rides the motorcycle avoiding the vacuum cleaner.

What is a pillowcase?

300

A wheel and rope that can change the direction of a force.

What is a pulley?

400
Keith's father
Who is Mr. Gridley?
400

The Gridleys live in this state.

Where is Ohio?

400

The character who could be described as critical.

Who is Mrs. Gridley?

400

When Ralph tries to get an aspirin and the motorcycle is missing, what does he drive to retrieve it? 

What is Keith's toy ambulance?

400

An inclined plane wrapped around a center rod. It is used to raise and lower things as well as keep materials together.

What is a screw?

500
Matt
Who was the bellboy (man) who carries the family's luggage into the hotel?
500
Keith stays in this room in The Mountain View Inn.
Where is room 215?
500

This character breaks his promise and could be called untrustworthy in the first half of the book.

Who is Ralph when he rides the motorcycle in the daytime?

500

Ralph's risks his life to find this medicine for Keith.

What is aspirin?

500

A bar centered on a fulcrum that is used to raise or lower weight.

What is a lever?

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