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WorksheetsThe Wind in the Willows
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 6mins
requiring great exertion or energy
Scores
Resume
Strenuous
Started again
Scores
Resume
Strenuous
Groups of around 20
Scores
Resume
Strenuous
Why have Rat and Mole come to Badger’s house?
They were invited to dinner.
They need his advice.
They are lost in the snow.
In the beginning of the story, how does Badger change when Rat announces Mole and himself?
Calm to nervous
Suspicious to welcoming
Cheerful to annoyed
What is Rat's difficulty with Toad?
He wishes that Toad would hire him as his driver.
He is worried about Toad’s driving.
He wishes Toad would be more careful with his money.
Read the sentence below. Pay special attention to scores, a word that can have several meanings.
It seemed a place where heroes could fitly feast after victory, where weary harvesters could line up in scores along the table.
What is the most likely meaning of scores?
A group of 20 or more
A musical composition
Marks made to keep a record
What does the context suggest is the most likely meaning of resumed in this sentence?
Conversation was impossible for a long time; and when it was slowly resumed, it was that regrettable sort of conversation that results from talking with your mouth full.
Discussed
Almost forgotten
Started again
What does the context suggest is the most likely meaning of strenous in this sentence?
No animal, according to the rules of animal-etiquette, is ever expected to do anything strenuous, or heroic, or even moderately active during the off-season of winter.
Energetic
Startling
Kind
Which phrase from the context best supports the meaning of strenuous?
No animal, according to the rules of animal-etiquette, is ever expected to do anything strenuous, or heroic, or even moderately active during the off-season of winter.
Rules of animal-etiquette
Moderately active
Ever expected
Read this final sentence from the story.
The Badger’s winter stores, which indeed were visible everywhere, took up half the room—piles of apples, turnips, and potatoes, baskets full of nuts, and jars of honey; but the two little white beds on the remainder of the floor looked soft and inviting, and the linen on them, though coarse, was clean and smelt beautifully of lavender; and the Mole and the Water Rat, shaking off their garments in some thirty seconds, tumbled in between the sheets in great joy and contentment.
What is the most important information this sentence gives about Badger?
Badger trusts his guests not to eat the food he has stored.
Badger is tidy and organized and a magnificent host.
Badger is too poor to have a separate guest room.
Why does Toad refuse to hire someone to drive him around?
He is stubbornly sure that he drives perfectly well.
He does not understand the rules of the road.
He lacks the money to hire a trustworthy driver.
Read this sentence from the story.
In the embracing light and warmth, warm and dry at last, with weary legs propped up in front of them, and a suggestive clink of plates being arranged on the table behind, it seemed to the storm-driven animals, now in safe anchorage, that the cold and trackless Wild Wood just left outside was miles and miles away, and all that they had suffered in it a half-forgotten dream.
True or False:
The phrase "a suggestive clink of plates" indicates that Badger is setting the table for his guests.
True
False
He lacks the money to hire a trustworthy driver.
