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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 White Rabbit looking for?

2. What is the common characteristic of all the creatures Alice could go to see next, according to the Cheshire Cat?

3. Who awards Alice her prize?

4. What does Alice pick up while falling through the rabbit hole?

5. Whom does Alice first meet at the ‘seaside’?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why might the Rabbit have mistaken Alice for somebody else?

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

4. Why does Alice think about Dinah?

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

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

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

8. Why is the Cook important?

9. How does the caterpillar help Alice?

10. What is the significance of the curtain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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