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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Alice in the Rabbit’s bedroom?

2. What does the drink from the ‘Drink Me’ bottle do to Alice?

3. Who is Alice with at the end of Chapter 3, on the bank of the sea?

4. What makes Alice laugh about the footman?

5. What does the creature Alice meets at the seaside do when she mentions dogs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might the White Rabbit be the first character Alice sees?

2. Why does Alice think about Dinah?

3. What is Alice’s main concern in Chapter 2?

4. How does Alice describe what she wants to the caterpillar?

5. Who comes back after the others leave the seaside? Why?

6. Why does the Mouse tell his long story? Does he achieve his goals?

7. Who wins the Caucus Race?

8. Describe the Caucus Race.

9. Why does the White Rabbit reappear in Chapter 2?

10. Why does everyone else leave the seaside?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many things in Wonderland are not what they seem. What items transform in the book? Pick three meaningful transformations and discuss them in the context of Alice’s own transformation. How are they meaningful?

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the novel, all of the characters present turn into cards. Other than the King, Queen, and Knave, how might this apply to the other characters? What is the broader metaphorical significance of this change?

Essay Topic 3

The White Rabbit mistakes Alice for his housemaid. Discuss this case of mistaken identity in terms of the domestic elements of the book, and in terms of Alice’s own identity. Is this an understandable mistake?

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