Chapters 1 - 3
In what state can you find the Mountain View Inn?
California
What did Ralph do when Keith first found him in the garbage can?
He pretended that he was asleep and hid behind the apple core.
Why did Ralph have to break his promise to Keith about not riding the motorcycle during the day, when the maid was using the vacuum cleaner in the room?
Because the maid wasn't paying attention, had dropped the vacuum on the floor and Ralph was in danger of being sucked up in the vacuum cleaner!
Why did Keith only give Ralph a few broken crackers for dinner?
Because Keith was too sick to go down to dinner and his parents brought him a little soup with the crackers.
What room did Ralph finally find the aspirin in?
The room that the three young men of college age were sleeping in.
What did Keith take out of the suitcase when they first got to the hotel? (name at least two things)
an apple, two toy cars, a toy ambulance, and the toy motorcycle
How did Ralph start the motorcycle when Keith let him ride it?
He made the pb-pb-b-b-b noise and it started right up!
Why do you think Ralph's family was having a family reunion in chapter 8?
Because Keith had brought them more "room service" ... a blueberry muffin and a chocolate chip cookie! They could have family over to help eat it all ... like a party!
Why did Mr. Gridley say that he had taken the last aspirin when they were in Wyoming?
He said he took it because he had a headache from driving toward the sun all afternoon.
What did Ralph feel was staring at him when he went through the lobby with the aspirin? (name one ... or more)
The eyes of the deer heads on the walls and the "eye" of the TV
What happened the when Ralph was first riding the motorcycle around the bedside table and the phone on the table rang?
He and the motorcycle fell off the table and landed in the garbage can.
Why did they decide that Ralph should park the motorcycle under the bed when he was done riding it in the night?
Under the bed was somewhere the maid wouldn't step on it.
Who at the family reunion asked Ralph about riding up and down the halls on a motorcycle?
His Uncle Lester asked him.
Why couldn't the doctor come to see Keith?
He couldn't come to the hotel to see Keith because there was a bad accident on the highway. (he was probably helping there ... but the author didn't say that he was)
When Ralph was going back in the ambulance to get the aspirin, why did he have to stop and wait?
The man with the terrier came out into the hallway and Ralph didn't want to be seen.
Did Ralph get hurt when he fell into the garbage can?
No, he was battered but intact!
Who was the first person in Ralph's family to see him riding the motorcycle the first night that he rode it out in the hotel?
His Aunt Sissy
Why did Ralph feel that Keith saying "I guess I should have known you weren't old enough to be trusted with a motorcycle." was the worst thing Keith could say to him?
Because Ralph is really tired of his whole family telling him that he is too young to do things. It makes him mad and he feels like he should be seen as an older mouse, more responsible.
Who caught Ralph with the glass and what did she do for a job?
Betty and she was a kindergarten teacher
How did all of the grownup mice feel about Ralph when he told them his adventure of getting the aspirin for Keith?
They were proud of him and talked about how he was growing up.
What did Ralph find in the garbage can that he was going to put on the motorcycle to climb out?
What did he do with it when he couldn't lift it up high enough?
He found an apple core.
He ate it.
How did Ralph's mother feel when Ralph told her that "someone in room 215" would be bringing them a peanut butter sandwich?
His mother was really frightened because he had been talking to a person!!!
What story did Keith tell Ralph that made him feel a bit better and helped to realize that he was not the only one who got into trouble?
Keith told Ralph about the first time he rode a bike with handbrakes. He forgot about the brakes and ended up riding his bike into a tree and taking an awful spill.
What two places did Mary Lou and Betty say they were traveling to before heading home to Wichita?
They talked about traveling to San Francisco and Disneyland
When Ralph doesn't want to go all the way back to Ohio with Keith, what does Keith decide to do?