1 SCENE THREE
2 When the curtain rises one sees nothing but odd black lanterns with orange
lights, hanging, presumably, from the sky. The scene lights up slowly revealing
ALICE seated on two large cushions. She has been “dropped behind” by the
WHITE QUEEN and is dazed to find herself in a strange hall with many peculiar
doors and knobs too high to reach.
3 ALICE Oh! my head! Where am I? Oh dear, Oh dear!
4 [She staggers up and to her amazement finds herself smaller than the table.]
5 I’ve never been smaller than any table before! I’ve always been able to reach
the knobs! What a curious feeling. Oh! I’m shrinking. It’s the fan—the gloves!
6 [She throws them away, feels her head and measures herself against table and
doors.]
7 Oh! saved in time! But I never—never—
8 WHITE RABBIT Oh! my fan and gloves! Where are my—
9 ALICE Oh! Mr. Rabbit—please help me out—I want to go home—I want to
go home—
10 WHITE RABBIT Oh! the Duchess! Oh! my fur and whiskers! She’ll get me
executed, as sure as ferrets are ferrets! Oh! you have them!
11 ALICE I’m sorry—you dropped them, you know—
12 WHITE RABBIT [Picks up fan and gloves and patters off.] She’ll chop off
your head!
13 ALICE If you please sir—where am I?—won’t you please—tell me how to
get out—I want to get out—
14 WHITE RABBIT [Looking at his watch.] Oh! my ears and whiskers, how
late it’s getting.
15 [A trap door gives way and RABBIT disappears. ALICE dashes after only in
time to have the trap door bang in her face.]
16 ALICE [Amazed.] It’s a rabbit-hole—I’m small enough to fit it too! If I
shrink any more it might end in my going out altogether like a candle. I wonder
what I would be like then! What does the flame of a candle look like after the
candle is blown out? I’ve never seen such a thing!
17 HUMPTY DUMPTY [Sits on the wall.] Don’t stand chattering to yourself
like that, but tell me your name and your business.
18 ALICE My name is Alice, but—
19 HUMPTY DUMPTY It’s a stupid name enough, what does it mean?
20 ALICEMust a name mean something?
21 HUMPTY DUMPTY Of course it must; my name means the shape I am—
and a good, handsome shape it is, too. With a name like yours, you might be any
shape, almost.
22 ALICE You’re Humpty Dumpty! Just like an egg.
23 HUMPTY DUMPTY It’s very provoking, to be called an egg—very.
24 ALICE I said you looked like an egg, Sir, and some eggs are very pretty, you
know.
25 HUMPTY DUMPTY Some people have no more sense than a baby.
26 ALICE Why do you sit here all alone?
27 HUMPTY DUMPTY Why, because there’s nobody with me. Did you think I
didn’t know the answer to that? Ask another.
28 ALICE Don’t you think you’d be safer down on the ground? That wall’s so
very narrow.
29 HUMPTY DUMPTY What tremendously easy riddles you ask! Of course I
don’t think so. Take a good look at me! I’m one that has spoken to a king, I am; to
show you I’m not proud, you may shake hands with me!
30 [He leans forward to offer ALICE his hand but she is too small to reach it.]
31 However, this conversation is going on a little too fast; let’s go back to the
last remark but one.
32 ALICE I’m afraid I can’t remember it.
33 HUMPTY DUMPTY, In that case, we start fresh, and it’s my turn to choose a
subject.
34 ALICE You talk about it just as if it were a game.
35 HUMPTY DUMPTY So here’s a question for you. How old did you say you
were?
36 ALICE Seven years and six months.
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Use the excerpt to answer the question.
2. What line from the excerpt shows stage directions that give information about props used in
the scene?
(1 point)
line 2
line 12 <<
line 15
line 16
Use the excerpt to answer the questions.
3. What is the best description of the White Rabbit? (1 point)
afraid <<
excited
sluggish
amused
4. Which line from the excerpt best supports the answer to the previous question? (1 point)
line 5
line 8
line 9
line 10 <<
Use the excerpt to answer the questions.
5. How are Alice and Humpty Dumpty different? (1 point)
Alice is interested in talking to Humpty Dumpty, while Humpty Dumpty is bored by her. <<
Alice attempts to be polite, while Humpty Dumpty is very rude.
Alice is willing to spend time at Humpty Dumpty’s wall, while Humpty Dumpty must leave because he’s afraid of being late.
Alice thinks names should always mean something, while Humpty Dumpty thinks they can just be pretty.
6. Which lines of dialogue from the excerpt best support the answer to the previous question? (1 point)
lines 17 and 18
lines 20 and 21
lines 21 and 22
lines 24 and 25 <<
Use the excerpt to answer the questions.
7. What is the central conflict in the first half of the excerpt? (1 point)
Alice is trapped in a strange place and wants to get out. <<
The Rabbit has lost some items and wants Alice to give them back.
Alice wants to become very small but cannot figure out how.
Humpty Dumpty has angered Alice by calling her stupid.
8. Which line of dialogue from the excerpt best supports your answer to the previous question? (1 point)
line 9 <<
line 10
line 11
line 18
10. Complete the sentence with the word or phrase that has the most positive connotation.
When we saw her barefoot and wearing flowers as a crown, we knew the girl was
(1 point)
free-spirited <<
out-there
eccentric
radical
11. What is the preposition in this sentence?
After the movie, we will grab a pizza to take home.
(1 point)
After <<
will
grab
to
12. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?
Put the lasagna in the oven tonight if you don’t mind.
(1 point)
Put the lasagna
in the oven
the oven tonight <<
if you don’t mind
13. What is the appositive in this sentence?
Our coach, Mrs. Sterner, is very encouraging on the field.
(1 point)
coach
very encouraging <<
field
Mrs. Sterner
14. What is the appositive phrase in this sentence?
My birthday gift, a new red bike, has been sitting in the basement all winter.
(1 point)
birthday gift
sitting in the basement
a new red bike
all winter <<
15. Read the two sentences.
I listened to the birds singing. I read a book on the patio.
Which sentence combines the two sentences using a present participle?
I listened to the birds singing, and I read a book on the patio.
While I listened to the birds singing, I read a book on the patio. <<
Listening to the birds singing, I read a book on the patio.
I read a book on the patio while I listened to the birds singing.
16. What is the gerund in this sentence?
I enjoy wrapping birthday presents. (1 point)
enjoy
wrapping <<
birthday
presents
Please and Thank you :D
i have the same question and I need help too
That is a lot to check. Post only the questions you are truly stuck on. I will answer as much as I can.
1. yes
2. yes
3. yes
4. yes
5. yes
6. yes
7. yes
8. yes
9. or sorry 10. yes
11. yes
That is all I will be correcting for you. Way too many asked questions. lookup what a prepositional phrase, appositive, how to combine sentences, and what a gerund is.
12. what is a prepositional phrase? ARE you right?
13. what is an appositive? ARE you right?
14.what is an appositive? ARE you right?
15. no, it is C. Check your study guide or lesson
16. yes
If this is a test or quiz (which I am positive it is one of them) only ask the questions you need answering on. Good luck on the questions I did not answer for you!
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Thanks 100% (on the ones you answered)
and
12- #2 in the oven
13- #4 Mrs. Sterner
14- #3 a new red bike