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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 does Alice think about on her way down the rabbit hole?

2. Why does the Rabbit drop his things?

3. How does Alice get the cakes at the White Rabbit’s house?

4. What is the caterpillar sitting on?

5. Why is the Queen’s footman at the Duchess’s house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Alice feel about the Duchess in Chapter 6?

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

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

5. Why does the Mouse leave?

6. Why is Alice’s interaction with the Mouse complicated?

7. Describe the Caucus Race.

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

9. What is the significance of pepper in Chapter 6?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Queen has very particular whims. Discuss her concept of justice, in terms of her execution threats and her behavior at the trial.

Essay Topic 2

Alice changes sizes many times throughout the book. What is the significance of these changes, and how do they come about? What level of control does Alice have over these changes?

Essay Topic 3

The White Rabbit appears in most key scenes in the book. Why is this the case, and how might the White Rabbit’s character function as a metaphor?

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