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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 part of Alice first changes when she tries the mushroom?

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

3. What is the Cook making?

4. What does Alice have to do to go to the house she sees, after she comes down from the trees?

5. How tall would Alice like to be when the caterpillar asks her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the Caucus Race.

5. What does Alice look for on the Drink Me bottle, and why?

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

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

8. Why does Alice think about Dinah?

9. Why does the Mouse leave?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The gardeners attempt to paint the Queen’s white roses red. Why is this significant to the story? Is it a successful transformation?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Alice takes issue with some of the aspects of the trial. Which aspects trouble her, and how does she respond to them? In what ways is the trial unusual?

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