Comprehension
Early in the selection from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, why does Alice go down the rabbit-hole?
a. She is taking a shortcut because she is late.
b. She is trying to find her sister’s lost book.
c. She is following the White Rabbit.
d. She is chasing Dinah, her cat.
According to the selection from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, how does Alice feel as she sits with her sister on the riverbank?
a. angry
b. bored
c. jealous
d. overjoyed
B. Bored
Read this excerpt from the selection from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it.
Which of the following is the best example of direct characterization of Alice?
a. Alice started to her feet
b. it flashed across her mind
c. burning with curiosity
d. she ran across the field after it
C. burning with curiosity
Which word in this sentence is a conjunction?
Alice followed the Rabbit down the hole, for she was very curious about him.
a. followed
b. down
c. for
d. very
C. for
Which words best describe the fall down the rabbit-hole, as Alice experiences it in the selection from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland? Choose two options.
a. fast
b. long
c. dusty
d. painful
e. strange
f. annoying
B and E
Which quotation from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland best supports the fact that Alice feels bored as she sits with her sister on the riverbank?
a. Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do….
b. So she was considering in her own mind … whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies….
c. There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!”… .
d. [B]ut when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet….
A. Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do….
Read this excerpt from the selection from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself,
“Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!” … but when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, ….
From the details in the excerpt, what can you most clearly infer about the
White Rabbit’s character?
a. He collects fancy watches.
b. He is busy and anxious.
c. He is a very fast runner.
d. He is imaginative.
B. He is busy and anxious.
What is the conjunction in this sentence, and what does it connect?
As Chapter 1 of the story begins, Alice and her sister are sitting by a river.
a. of connects “Chapter 1” and “the story”
b. and connects “Alice” and “her sister”
c. and connects “begins” and “are sitting”
d. by connects “are sitting” and “a river”
B. and connects "Alice" and "her sister"
In the selection from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, where does Alice find herself when the Rabbit finally disappears?
a. on a pile of sticks and dry leaves
b. in a hallway lined with doors
c. next to a small cupboard
d. on top of a house
In the selection from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, what is the main reason that Alice is unhappy as she walks around the hallway?
a. She is worried about her cat.
b. She is afraid to go into the garden.
c. She seems to be trapped in that location.
d. She failed to speak with the White Rabbit.
C. She seems to be trapped in that location.
Review the following two words and their definitions.
tortoise: a family of land-dwelling reptiles
reptile: an animal with a backbone in a class that includes snakes, turtles, and tortoises and that typically lays soft-shelled eggs on land
Choose the sentence that best illustrates a member-and-group relationship between the words tortoise and reptile.
a. When I was researching reptiles, I went to the zoo to observe a tortoise.
b. Her cousin wrote a poem that featured a tortoise, a snake, and a reptile.
c. The pet store had one very old tortoise and lots of tiny reptiles.
d. The student said he was afraid of reptiles but not of tortoises.
A. When I was researching reptiles, I went to the zoo to observe a tortoise.
Review the following three words and their definitions.
library: a place containing collections of books for people to reference, borrow, and read
literature: written works, especially those considered to be great pieces
author: a writer of a book or article
Choose the sentence that best illustrates the close relationship between these three words.
a. I always enjoy literature, libraries, and authors.
b. Authors always enjoy libraries and literature.
c. Authors often visit libraries or read literature.
d. Authors write literature that may be found at the library.
D. Authors write literature that may be found at the library.
In the selection from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, why is the golden key important?
a. It opens the door into a lovely garden.
b. Alice must search for its rightful owner.
c. The Rabbit himself has given it to Alice.
d. It will return Alice to her home in England.
A. it opens the door into a lovely garden
Which quotation from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland best supports the she seems to be trapped in the hallway?
a. “Dinah’ll miss me very much tonight, I should think!” (Dinah was the cat.)
b. She was close behind it when she turned the corner, but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen....
c. And when Alice had been all the way down one side and up the other, trying every door, she walked sadly down the middle, wondering how she was ever to get out again.
d. However, on the second time round, she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high…!
C. And when Alice had been all the way down one side and up the other, trying every door, she walked sadly down the middle, wondering how she was ever to get out again.
Which quotation from the selection from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland gives the clearest example of indirect characterization?
a. Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank….
b. The hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid….
c. She did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody….
d. Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either….
C. She did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody….
What is the most likely meaning of curiosity in the following sentence?
My three-year-old cousin is full of curiosity.
a. wild energy
b. strong opinions
c. endless mischief
d. desire to know or learn
D. desire to know or learn
In the selection from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, what does Alice mean when she wishes that she could be “shut up like a telescope”?
a. She wishes that she could stop talking and thinking so much nonsense.
b. She wishes that she could stand upright under the hall’s low ceiling.
c. She wishes that she could fold up and fit through the little door.
d. She wishes that she could go above ground to see the stars.
C. She wishes that she could fold up and fit through the little door.
Lewis Carroll often makes his writing funny by playing with words in surprising ways. In which of the following examples from the selection from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland are the words most clearly humorous?
Choose two options.
a. Alice’s thinking, “after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs!”
b. Alice’s thinking that her sister’s book is useless because it is “without pictures or conversation”
c. Alice’s discovery of a jar labeled “ORANGE MARMALADE” as she is falling
d. Alice’s thinking that she might enter the garden “if I only know how to begin”
e. Alice’s belief that at the end of her fall she will wind up in “the Antipathies”
f. Alice’s repeating, “Do cats eat bats?” and then asking, “Do bats eat cats?”
A and F
Read this sentence from the selection from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.
What qualities in Alice does the indirect characterization reveal most clearly?
Choose two options.
a. She is bashful and shy.
b. She is adventurous and brave.
c. She is rude and inconsiderate to others.
d. She is cowardly in unfamiliar situations.
e. She is kindhearted and generous to strangers.
f. She sometimes makes decisions without thinking.
B and F
How many interjections does the following statement contain?
Yikes! I would never chase that rabbit—oh, not in a million years!
a. none
b. one
c. two
d. three
C. two