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The Wind in the Willows Chapter 8

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does apparel mean?

a)

Clothes

b)

Journey

c)

Adventure

d)

Danger

2.

You would find a stream in a...

a)

wood

b)

culvert

c)

hedgerow

d)

riverbank

3.

What does serene mean?

a)

calm and peaceful

b)

silent

c)

beautiful

d)

secret

4.

If you mumble, your words will not be very...

a)

Articulate

b)

Artistic

c)

Average

d)

Ability

5.

What is Toad sent to prison for?

a)

Stealing a motor-car

b)

Hitting a policeman

c)

Stealing a caravan

d)

Crashing a motor bike

6.

How many years is Toad's prison sentence?

a)

5 years

b)

10 years

c)

15 years

d)

20 years

7.

How does Toad manage to escape from prison?

a)

He disguises himself as a policeman

b)

He disguises himself as a washerwoman

c)

He hides in the dirty laundry

d)

He attacks the prison guards

8.
What is one theme of The Wind in the Willows?
a)
anger
b)
friendship
c)
character
d)
happiness
9.
What did Mr. Badger, Mole, and Rat want to teach toad?
a)
Irresponsibility
b)
Kindness
c)
Responsibility
d)
friendship
10.

How does the chapter end?

a)

Toad back in prison.

b)

Toad at home.

c)

Toad on the train.

d)

Toad sleeping under a tree

11.

Why can't Toad pay his train fare?

a)

Left his wallet in his waistcoat at the prison

b)

Has no money after paying the fine for stealing

c)

The washer woman stole his money

d)

He was only pretending to be rich

12.

What happens when Toad can't pay for a train ticket?

a)

He is thrown off the train

b)

The engine driver helps him.

c)

He goes back to prison

d)

Nothing

13.

Who says this quotation: 'This is the end of everything (he said), at least it is the end of the career of Toad...'?

a)

Mole to Toad

b)

Mole to Rat

c)

Rat to Toad

d)

Toad to himself

14.

Which of the following adjectives is used to describe the way Toad lies on the floor in the jail?

a)

Flat

b)

Straight

c)

Prostrate

d)

Stretched

15.

Who is chasing Toad in this chapter?

a)

Rat

b)

Badger

c)

The washerwoman

d)

The police

16.

What specifically in the chapter shows us the story is set in the past?

a)

The train is coal powered

b)

The clothes they are wearing

c)

What the prison is like

d)

Toad's attitude

17.

What lie does Toad tell the engine driver?

a)

He didn't steal anything

b)

He only borrowed the motorcar

c)

He isn't a washerwoman

d)

He only stole from his friends

18.

When Toad jumped from the train he...

a)

hurt his leg

b)

hurt his hand

c)

was unhurt

d)

hurt his head