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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 is the poem that Alice recites in Chapter 2 about?

2. How does Alice get ‘down’ from the trees?

3. What effect does the Rabbit’s fan have on Alice?

4. What is the White Rabbit looking for?

5. Who finally lets Alice in the door?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is so important about the riverbank setting?

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

6. Who wins the Caucus Race?

7. How does Alice think of her body changing size?

8. Why is the Cook important?

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

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

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’s cat, Dinah, never appears as a character herself in the book, but is often mentioned by Alice. What is Dinah’s significance, to the story and to Alice? What does she mean for other characters, and what does this indicate?

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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