Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll

b Alice was hurt when she fell down the

rabbit-hole.
COMPREHENSION

c The Hatter invited Alice to tea.

d When Alice was holding the Duchess’s baby,
it turned into a cat.
e The dormouse liked sleeping.
TEST

15 marks

1 Fill in the gaps using: followed, polite, dream, get, 4 Which words are missing? For each sentence, tick a,
locked, argued, bored, sleepy, woke, hurried b or c.
One day, Alice was sitting under a tree with her 1 In the long, dark room, there was a glass table
sister. She was ............... because she had nothing with a ............... on it.
to do. It was a hot day, and she felt very ............... . a  cake
Suddenly, she saw a white rabbit. It ............... b   flower
past her and ran down a large rabbit-hole. Alice c   key
............... the rabbit, and she went down the 2 When the white rabbit saw Alice, he dropped
rabbit-hole too. Soon she was in a long, dark room. ............... .
She saw a little bottle. When she drank from the a   a bottle
bottle, she started to ............... smaller. There b   a plate
was a door in the room, but she couldn’t open it c   a pair of gloves
because it was ............... At last she got out of the 3 Alice saw a caterpillar smoking a ............... .
room, and met many strange people and animals. a   pipe
She tried to be ............... to all of them, but some b   cigar
of them, like the Queen of Hearts, ............... with c   cigarette
her because they were always angry. Later, she 4 ‘We’re all ............... here,’ said the Cheshire
............... up. ‘I’ve had a very strange ...............,’ Cat.
she told her sister. a   mad
b   angry
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c   happy
5 Alice wasn’t afraid of the Queen of Hearts,
2 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make
because the Queen was only ............... .
complete sentences.
a   a game
A b   a card
1 Alice didn’t like her sister’s book ... c   a cat
2 At first, Alice couldn’t get through the door 6 At the trial of the Knave of Hearts, Alice
in the dark room ... wanted to hear ............... .
3 The mouse got angry with Alice ... a   the Queen
4 Alice went into the Duchess’s kitchen ... b   a song
5 The Queen of Hearts didn’t like the roses ... c   the evidence
B
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a ... because she was too big.
b ... when she talked about cats.
5 In the long, dark room, there was a bottle with a
c ... because they were white.
piece of paper round its neck. What were the words
d ... because there were no pictures in it.
on the piece of paper?
e ... which was full of smoke.
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3 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

10 marks
a The white rabbit took a watch out of its
pocket.
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Setting 14 The large caterpillar was _____.

a c eating a mushroom  b c smoking a pipe   
Choose the best answer.
c c talking to the Cheshire Cat  d c smoking a
1 Alice was sitting under some trees with _____. cigarette
a c a good book  b c her sister    15 The Duchess’ cook was very _____.
c c a friend  d c her homework a c hungry  b c bored  c c angry  d c happy
2 She was very surprised when a White Rabbit 16 The Cheshire Cat grinned from _____.
_____. a c eye to eye  b c leg to leg   
a c spoke to her  b c fell down a hole    c c tail to head  d c ear to ear
c c looked at its watch  d c ate a big carrot 17 _____ sat between the March Hare and the
3 She decided to _____. Hatter.
a c go home  b c follow the rabbit    a c The White Rabbit  b c A pig   
c c stay under the tree  d c eat a sandwich c c A dormouse  d c Alice
4 The rabbit-hole was full of _____. 18 The Queen only liked _____ roses.
a c cupboards, books and pictures  b c holes a c red  b c white  c c pink  d c yellow
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E

c c rabbits  d c small animals 19 The people in the garden were really _____.
5 Alice fell for _____. a c a pack of cards  b c kings and queens   
a c four days  b c four thousand miles       c c hedgehogs and flamingoes  d c Alice’s
c c a very long time  d c a short time family and friends
TEST

6 All the doors in the long, dark room were _____. 20 Alice became very angry with _____.
a c open  b c made of glass    a c the White Rabbit  b c the Queen   
  c c strange  d c locked c c her sister  d c the Duchess
7 The first thing Alice found was _____.
a c a very small gold key  b c a small bottle    20 marks
c c a cup of tea  d c a glass box
8 She saw _____ through the small door.
a c the White Rabbit  b c a very large house Dialogue
c c her sister  d c a beautiful garden
Who said this?
9 Alice _____ to become smaller.
21 ‘Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!’
a c drank from the bottle on the table  b c ate
a c Alice  b c the Duchess  c c the Knave of
the cake  c c stopped eating  d c didn’t want
Hearts  d c the White Rabbit
10 When she was small, she couldn’t _____.
22 ‘I shall be as tall as a house in a minute.’
a c go through the big door  b c eat a big
a c the Queen  b c Alice   
piece of cake  c c reach the key on the table   
  c c the Hatter  d c Mary Ann
d c wear her old clothes
23 ‘One side will make you taller, and the other
20 marks side will make you shorter.’
a c the March Hare  b c the Gryphon   
c c Alice  d c the Caterpillar
Characters 24 ‘We’re all mad here, you know.’
a c the Cheshire Cat  b c the Hatter   
Choose the best answer.
c c the March Hare  d c the King
11 _____ was very good at her school lessons. 25 ‘Off with their heads!’
a c Alice’s sister  b c The Queen of Hearts   
a c Alice  b c the King   
c c Alice  d c Mary Ann c c the Queen  d c the executioner
12 Alice _____ talked to herself. 26 ‘I can’t talk to something without ears.’
a c always  b c never    a c the Dormouse  b c the Caterpillar   
c c often  d c sometimes c c the Cheshire Cat  d c Alice
13 She spoke to _____ in the pool of tears. 27 ‘It wasn’t very polite of you to sit down.’
a c a mouse  b c the White Rabbit    a c Alice  b c the Duchess   
c c a dormouse  d c a fish c c the March Hare  d c the Hatter

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28 ‘Oh, I’ve had a very curious dream!’ 43 Alice then fell into _____.
a c Alice  b c the Duchess’ baby    a c the sea  b c a swimming pool   
  c c the Dormouse  d c the King c c a river  d c a pool of tears
29 ‘It’s just talk, you know. They never execute 44 A caterpillar told her to eat some _____ to get
anybody.’ bigger.
a c a hedgehog  b c the Gryphon    a c vegetables  b c mushroom   
c c the White Rabbit  d c the Mock Turtle c c cake  d c fruit
30 ‘All people a mile high must leave the room.’ 45 Next Alice met a Duchess whose baby turned
a c the Queen  b c the executioner    into a _____.
c c the King  d c Alice a c cat  b c fish  c c pig  d c boy
46 The Cheshire Cat _____ many times.
20 marks a c ate and drank milk  b c fell asleep   
c c got bigger and smaller  d c grinned and
vanished
Vocabulary 47 The March Hare invited Alice to have some

M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
Choose the best answer. _____.
31 to talk angrily with someone a c tea  b c birthday cake   
a c argue  b c crash  c c steal  d c scream c c hot chocolate  d c coffee
32 strange 48 It was always tea-time at the party because it

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a c surprised  b c poor    was always _____.
  c c unhappy  d c curious a c four o’clock  b c half past six   
33 you wear these on your hands c c six o’clock  d c half past five
a c hats  b c hoops  c c gloves  d c socks 49 Alice tried to _____ in the Queen’s garden.
34 a big, friendly smile a c find her sister  b c play croquet   
a c dream  b c grin  c c pig  d c scream c c find the Mock Turtle  d c play tennis
35 closed with a key 50 There was a trial to see who _____.
a c executed  b c opened  c c locked    a c stole the Queen of Hearts’ tarts  b c stole
  d c shut the Knave’s tarts  c c was the tallest person in
36 to go away very quickly or surprisingly the garden d c was the maddest person at the
a c vanish  b c run  c c hurry  d c appear tea-party
37 something similar to a cake
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a c witness  b c card  c c fan  d c tart
38 silly talk or ideas
a c croquet  b c stories  c c nonsense    Total marks
d c evidence
39 a picture in your head when you are asleep
a c thought  b c dream  c c sound  d c jury
40 saying things like ‘please’ and ‘thank you’
a c kind  b c polite  c c tired  d c unhappy

20 marks

Plot
Choose the best answer.
41 After eating the cake, Alice became about _____
metres high.
a c two  b c four  c c three  d c ten
42 The _____ made Alice smaller.
a c Duchess’ cooking  b c White Rabbit’s
fan  c c Queen of Hearts’ tart  d c Cheshire
Cat’s grin

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