Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Comprehension Questions and Answers
Comprehension questions and answers for Chapters 1 and 2
QUESTION: How did the White Rabbit surprise Alice? How did she respond to this surprise?
ANSWER: Alice was surprised when the White Rabbit took a watch out of his waistcoat pocket (and when he talked to himself). After being surprised, Alice grew curious. Since she was already bored, she hurried after the White Rabbit.
QUESTION: Why didn’t Alice enter the small, lovely garden?
ANSWER: Alice found a key that unlocked a door so small that she could not go through it. On the other side of the door was a lovely garden. Alice set the key on the table and drank a liquid. It caused her to shrink to the right size to fit through the small door. Unfortunately, she had left the key to the door on the table. She was too small to reach it. After eating a small cake, Alice grew and was able to reach the key so she couldn’t enter the garden.
QUESTION: How did Alice almost drown in her own tears?
ANSWER: When Alice grew large and could not get through the door to the garden, she began to cry. Then the White Rabbit’s fan caused her to shrink, again. She became so small that she fell into a puddle that she had made with her tears and could have drowned.
QUESTION: How did Alice offend the Mouse? How did she make things right with it, again?
ANSWER: Alice talked about a cat and a dog that she liked. One ate mice, and the other rats, which offended the Mouse, so it swam away. Alice quickly apologized and said she would not talk about cats or dogs. The Mouse accepted her apology.
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Comprehension questions and answers for Chapters 3 and 4
QUESTION: What were two ways that Alice and the animals tried to dry off? Which worked?
ANSWER: First, the Mouse recited a dry passage. In this case, dry meant the words were not entertaining. Second, the Dodo suggested a Caucus-race. Everyone had to run in a circle. After half an hour of running, everyone dried off.
QUESTION: Who won the race, and what were the prizes?
ANSWER: The Dodo said everyone won. Alice gave each animal a comfit, which was a sweet probably made from dried fruit, spices, and sugar. The Mouse insisted Alice get a prize. She gave the animals her thimble, and they gave it back to her as a prize.
QUESTION: Why was Alice in the White Rabbit’s house? How did she get stuck in one of his rooms?
ANSWER: The White Rabbit told Alice to fetch his gloves and fan. Once there, she took a drink of liquid in a glass container. It caused her to grow. She grew so big that she found herself stuck in one of the White Rabbit’s rooms.
QUESTION: Alice had three problems after leaving the White Rabbit’s house. List at least two of them.
ANSWER: First, when Alice hurried out of the White Rabbit’s house, the birds and animals moved toward her as if to attack her. Second, Alice needed to find a way to grow back to her normal size. Third, a dog wanted to play with her, but Alice was so small that she thought the dog might hurt or eat her.
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Comprehension questions and answers for Chapters 5 and 6
QUESTION: What happened when Alice ate the mushroom?
ANSWER: When Alice ate from the right side of the mushroom, her body shrank. When Alice ate from the left side of the mushroom, her neck grew long.
QUESTION: What did the Duchess carry, and how did she treat the bundle in her arms?
ANSWER: The Duchess held her baby in her arms. The baby was really a pig, or perhaps as Alice thought, it turned into a pig. The Duchess shook it violently, fed it, and recited poetry that recommended she beat her child. Although Alice may be correct in thinking that the baby turned into a pig, it is more likely that the “baby” was a pig all along because of the way the Duchess treated it. Also, the Duchess called it “Pig” shortly after Alice first met her.
QUESTION: Why did the Pigeon think girls were serpents?
ANSWER: The Pigeon did not like serpents. Serpents tried to eat the Pigeon’s eggs. Alice told the Pigeon that girls ate eggs so the Pigeon concluded that girls were serpents.
QUESTION: What did the Cheshire Cat deduce about Alice and itself? Where did the cat advise Alice to go?
ANSWER: The Cheshire Cat thought Alice was mad because she wouldn’t be in Wonderland if she weren’t. The cat said it was mad because dogs, who weren’t mad, wagged their tails when they were happy and growled when they were upset. The Cheshire Cat did the opposite. When asked, the cat suggested Alice travel in the direction that would end in the place where she wanted to go. Since Alice didn’t care where she ended up, the cat said it didn’t matter which direction she took.
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Comprehension questions and answers for Chapters 7 and 8
QUESTION: How did the Mad Hatter and the March Hare explain “I say what I mean” and “I mean what I say”?
ANSWER: The Mad Hatter compared those two sentences to “I see what I eat” and “I eat what I see” to show the difference. The March Hare compared it to “I like what I get” and “I get what I like.” What they were pointing out was that to say what you mean is to be transparent and speak what you think. To mean what you say shows that you will stand behind your words.
QUESTION: How did Alice return to and enter the door that led to the beautiful garden?
ANSWER: After leaving the tea party, Alice found a tree with a door in it. Going through, she found herself back in the long hall that led to a beautiful garden. First, she took the key and unlocked the door. Then she ate varying amounts of the right and left side of mushroom pieces, until she was a foot tall. Then she entered the garden.
QUESTION: What made the croquet game difficult to play?
ANSWER: The flamingo, Alice’s croquet mallet, kept raising its head to look at Alice, which made her laugh. Then the rolled-up hedgehog, which was her croquet ball, uncurled and tried to crawl away. There were also ridges and furrows on the ground, and the soldiers, who were actually playing cards bent over as arches, kept standing and moving to other parts of the course. Everyone in the croquet game played the game at the same time.
QUESTION: What was the disagreement between the King, Queen, and executioner?
ANSWER: The executioner did not think he could cut off the Cheshire Cat’s head because he could only cut off a head if there was a body attached. The King thought any living thing with a head could be beheaded. The Queen argued that if “something wasn’t done” immediately, everyone would lose his or her head.
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Comprehension questions and answers for Chapters 9 and 10
QUESTION: By the end of the party, how many guests were scheduled for execution or beheaded?
ANSWER: After half an hour, the soldiers had taken all but the Queen, the King, and Alice into custody. When the Queen left with Alice to see the Gryphon, the King quietly pardoned everyone. The Gryphon told Alice that no one was ever executed.
QUESTION: What subjects did the Mock Turtle study at school? How long did a school day last?
ANSWER: The Mock Turtle went to school every day and studied under the Tortoise. He took reading and writing, along with arithmetic, and he studied ambition, distraction, uglification and derision, mystery, seaography, drawling, stretching, and fainting in coils. He had ten hours of lessons the first day, nine the next, eight the next, etc. They were called lessons because the school lessened in time each day. The Mock Turtle did not learn laughing and grief, because he didn’t go to the classical master. The eleventh day of school was a holiday
QUESTION: What were the steps in a Lobster Quadrille?
ANSWER: Sea animals formed two lines along the seashore, and the jellyfish were cleared away. Then each sea animal advanced twice with a lobster. They changed lobster partners and returned to their original lines. Then the sea animals threw the lobsters into the sea and swam out to retrieve them. In the sea, they somersaulted, found a new lobster, and returned to the seashore.
QUESTION: What happened to Alice’s words when she told the Gryphon and Mock Turtle about her adventures?
ANSWER: Alice’s words came out different than she intended. The Gryphon and Mock Turtle thought her words were curious but complete nonsense. They asked her to repeat a few lines, but everything continued coming out of her mouth strangely. They had questions but soon asked her to stop telling her adventures.
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Comprehension questions and answers for Chapters 11 and 12
QUESTION: Who were the witnesses in the Wonderland court? Who called them?
ANSWER: The White Rabbit blew his trumpet and called the witnesses — the Mad Hatter, the Duchess’s cook, and Alice.
QUESTION: What two things surprised Alice during the trial in Wonderland?
ANSWER: Alice began to grow, which surprised her, and she did not expect to hear her name called as a witness.
QUESTION: Why wasn’t Alice frightened by the Queen of Hearts or those at the trial?
ANSWER: Alice had grown to her full height and knew cards couldn’t hurt her. So she refused to allow injustice, impatience, and nonsense to rule in the courtroom.
QUESTION: What did Alice figure out when the cards attacked her?
ANSWER: As she beat off the deck of cards, Alice woke up and realized that she had been asleep with her head in her sister’s lap. The entire adventure had been a dream.
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