THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS

WHICH QUOTE FROM THE SELECTION SUPPORTS THE IDEA THAT MOLE FELT HIS LIFE ON DRY LAND WAS DULL COMPARED TO LIFE ON THE RIVER?

• "BUT THE MOLE WAS BENT ON ENJOYING, AND ALTHOUGH JUST WHEN HE HAD GOT THE BASKER PACKED AND STRAPPED UP TIGHTLY, HE SAW A PLATE STARING UP AT HIM FROM THE GRASS." (PAR. 3)

• "THE MOLE WAS SO TOUCHED BY HIS KIND MANNER OF SPEAKING THAT HE COULD FIND NO VOICE TO ANSWER HIM; AND HE HAD TO BRUSH AWAY A TEAR OR TWO WITH THE BACK OF HIS PAW." (PAR. 16)

• "THIS DAY WAS ONLY THE FIRST OF MANY SIMILAR ONES FOR THE EMANCIPATED MOLE, EACH OF THEM LONGER ADN FULL OF INTEREST AS THE RIPENING SUMMER MOVED ONWARD." (PAR. 18)

• "VERY THRILLING STORIED THEY WERE, TOO, TO AN EARTH-DWELLING ANIMAL LIKE MOLE." (PAR. 17)

WHICH STATEMENT SUMMARIZES THE THEME OF THE SELECTION?

• IT IS IMPORTANT T LEARN FROM MISTAKES.

• THE ELEMENTS OF NATURE CAN BE DANGEROUS.

• LIFE IS ABOUT BEING WILLING TO TRY NEW THINGS.

• HARD WORK PAYS OFF IN THE END.

WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THE PERSONIFICATION IN PARAGRAPH 6?

• IT CONVEYS THE DOUBT MOLE HAS IN HIMSELF

• IT DEMONSTRATES THE SUPERIORITY MOLE HAS OVER RAT.

• IT EXPRESSES THE POWER OF MOLE'S PRIDE.

• IT SHOWS THAT MOLE WANTS RAT TO FAIL.

WHAT DOES THE AUTHOR MEAN BY SAYING THAT MOLE WAS "WET WITHOUT AND ASHAMED WITHIN"?

• MOLE WAS SOAKING WET AND ANGRY AT RAT FOR LAUGHING AT HIS MISTAKE.

• MOLE WAS DRIPPING WET AND EMBARRASSED AT HIS RECKLESS BEHAVIOR.

• MOLE WAS NOT BOTHERED BY THE WATER BUT WAS JEALOUS OF RAT'S ABILITY NOT TO TIP THE BOAT.

• MOLE WAS DRIED OFF FROM THE TOWEL BUT FEELING GUILTY FOR LOSING THEIR LUNCH BASKET.

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF BEDRAGGLED IN PARAGRAPH 16?

• FLAWLESS

• HEARTWARMING

• MESSY

• SOGGY

PART A. WHAT DOES PARAGRAPH 10 REVEAL ABOUT MOLE?

• HE IS COMFORTED BY THE NATURAL SETTING.

• HE IS ANNOYED BY RAT FOR ACTING AMUSED.

• HE IS EMOTIONAL ABOUTHIS SITUATION.

• HE IS PRACTICAL ABOUT HIS SITUATION.

PART B. WHICH TWO DETAILS FROM ELSEWHERE IN THE PASSAGE SUPPORTS THE ANSWER TO PART A?

• "PACKING THE BASKET WAS NOT QUITE SUCH PLEASANT WORK AS UNPACKING THE BASKET. IT NEVER IS." (PAR.3)

• "THE RAT SHOOK HIS HEAD WITH A SMILE. 'NOT YET, MY YOUNG FRIEND' HE SAID - 'WAIT TIL YOU'VE HAD A FEW LESSONS. IT'S NOT SO EASY AS IT LOOKS." (PAR. 5)

• "BUT HE BEGAN TO FEEL MORE AND MORE JEALOUS OF RAT, SCULLING SO STRONGLY AND SO EASILY ALOND, AND HIS PRIDE BEGAN TO WHISPER THAT HE COULD DO IT EVERY BIT AS WELL." (PAR. 6)

• "BUT THE RAT KINDLY LOOED IN ANOTHER DIRECTION, AND PRESENTLY THE MOLE'S SPIRIT REVIVED AGAIN, AND HE WAS EVEN ABLE TO GIVE SOME STRAIGHT BACK-TALK TO A COUPLE OF MOORHENS WHO WERE SNIGGERING TO EACH OTHER ABOUT HIS BEDRAGGLED APPEARANCE." (PAR. 16)

• "HE LEARNED TO SWIM AND TO ROW, AND ENTERED INTO THE JOY OF RUNNING WATER, AND WITH IHS EAR TO THE REED-STEMS HE CAUGHT, AT INTERVALS, SOMETHING OF WHAT THE WIND WENT WHISPERING SO CONSTANTLY AMONG THEM." (PAR. 18)

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE PHRASE "MY HEART QUITE FAILS ME" IN PARAGRAPH 14?

• HIS FEELINGS ARE HURT BY RAT'S AMUSEMENT.

• HE IS WORRIED ABOUT THE LUNCH BASKET.

• HE WAS FRIGHTENED BY HIS FALL IN THE WATER.

• HE IS REGRETFUL FOR HIS IMPULSIVE ACTIONS.