Watership Down: Reading Quizzes — Chapters 1–17

At the end of Chapter 1, what do readers learn about the cause of Fiver’s “bad feeling”?

• The “white blindness” will infect the warren.

• The warren land will be developed into condominiums.

• An aggressive fox has moved into the area.

• A hunter has set traps around the warren.

The readers know something that the rabbits do not. What is this literary technique?

• Characterization

• Allusion

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Who hears Fiver and Hazel talking to the Threarah about Fiver’s fears?

• Bigwig

• Blackberry

• Dandelion

• Captain Holly

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

How does Bigwig react to Fiver's vision?

• He accuses Fiver and Hazel of treason.

• He says Fiver is insane and doesn’t believe him.

• He believes in such feelings, but doesn’t want to leave.

• He believes in such feelings and wants to leave with them.

Fiver’s bad feeling about the warren is which part of the plot?

• Exposition

• Inciting incident

• Rising action

• Climax

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which of these is NOT one of the four gifts Lord Frith gives to El-ahrairah and his people?

• Speed

• Exceptional eyesight

• Exceptional hearing

• A white tail to flash warning

Which trait did El-ahrairah already have that was essential for rabbits’ survival?

• Exceptional intelligence

• Bravery

• Cunning

• Obedience

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

How do Fiver and Pipkin cross the Enborne River?

• They swim.

• They float on drift wood.

• They use a bridge.

• They hop on stones.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Which rabbits helped Fiver and Pipkin cross?

• Hazel and Blackberry

• Hazel and Bigwig

• Blackberry and Bigwig

• Bigwig and Dandelion

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Which of these was NOT a trait of the rabbits at Cowslip’s warren that Hazel’s group found strange?

• Their large, sleek look

• They brought food back to the warren

• They could talk to other animals

• They would “dance,” “sing,” and say poetry