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Alice's adventures in wonderland: chapter 5

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 3hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why is Alice so confused about who she is?

a)

She doesn't know where she is.

b)

She cannot remember her name.

c)

She keeps changing size.

2.

What happened when Alice took the first bite from the mushroom?

a)

She almost shrunk to nothing before taking another bite of the mushroom.

b)

Her neck grew taller and she lost sight of her shoulders.

c)

She changed back to her right size.

3.

What important thing does the Caterpillar tell Alice?

a)

"Go back home"

b)

"Keep your temper"

c)

"Remember your manners"

d)

"Who are you?"

4.

Which of the following is not an effect of Alice’s changing sizes?

a)

Alice argues with a pigeon.

b)

Alice looks like a serpent.

c)

Alice finds a small house.

d)

Alice offends a Caterpillar.

5.

Which word best describes the pigeon?

a)

energetic

b)

hopeful

c)

commanding

d)

infuriated

6.

“all she could see, when she looked down, was an immense length of neck”

immense means ......

a)

scaly / fish-like

b)

huge / gigantic

c)

decorated / striped

d)

dark purple / violet

7.

“her neck would bend about easily in any direction, like a serpent”

serpent means .......

a)

snake

b)

rubber band

c)

cooked noodle

d)

worm

8.

“‘Serpent, I say again!’ repeated the Pigeon, but in a more subdued tone”

subdued means ........

a)

musical

b)

excited or upset

c)

confused or uncertain

d)

quiet or softened

9.

“the Pigeon went on, without attending to her”

attending means ........

a)

addressing or talking

b)

listening or hearing

c)

looking or seeing

d)

explaining or describing

10.

“‘A likely story indeed!’ said the Pigeon in a tone of the deepest contempt.”

contempt means ......

a)

scorn or disrespect

b)

amusement or delight

c)

respect or honour

d)

concern or sympathy

11.

“You are old, father William,” the young man said,

“And your hair has become very white;

And yet you incessantly stand on your head—

Do you think, at your age, it is right?”

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

“You are old,” said the youth, “as I mentioned before,

And have grown most uncommonly fat ;

Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door—

Pray, what is the reason of that?”

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

“You are old,” said the youth, “and your jaws are too weak

For anything tougher than suet;

Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak—

Pray, how did you manage to do it?”

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

“You are old,” said the youth ; “ one would hardly suppose

That your eye was as steady as ever ;

Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose—

What made you so awfully clever?”

a)
b)
c)
d)