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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. Why does the Rabbit drop his things?

2. What is wrong with what the Cook is making?

3. What does Alice check before drinking the liquid?

4. Why does Alice decide to go where she goes next?

5. What language does Alice try to speak with the first creature she meets?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the caterpillar find Alice’s desires offensive?

2. Whose house does Alice see after talking with the caterpillar?

3. Why does Alice have a hard time answering the caterpillar?

4. What will the mushroom do for Alice? Why is this important?

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

6. Who wins the Caucus Race?

7. How does the caterpillar help Alice?

8. Who is Alice afraid of in the Rabbit’s home? What does she do because of this?

9. Why does everyone else leave the seaside?

10. Why does Alice think about Dinah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The character of Alice was based on a real girl, an acquaintance of Lewis Carroll’s. In what way can we see the ‘real’ person’s characteristics?

Essay Topic 2

Many characters are nervous or afraid of Alice, or other things, throughout the book. What is the nature of fear, as presented by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland? Is Alice ever afraid? What does this say about her character?

Essay Topic 3

Alice finds the episode with the baby particularly disturbing. What happens to the baby? Discuss its transformation in tandem with Alice’s.

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