1. What is the best summary of lines 1–16? (1 point)
Alice cannot reach the doorknobs. Alice keeps shrinking until she is very tiny. She talks about being smaller than furniture in the room. She throws the Rabbit’s gloves and fan on the floor. When she sees the White Rabbit, she asks him to help her get home. The Rabbit searches for his fan and gloves. He finds them on the floor where Alice dropped them. Alice says that he dropped them. The Rabbit says the Duchess will chop off Alice’s head. Then the Rabbit goes away.
Alice is in a strange place with two large cushions. She is in a hall with high doorknobs. She meets the White Rabbit and returns his gloves and fan. The White Rabbit is frantic because he is going to be late. He ignores Alice and disappears. Alice keeps shrinking.
Alice has just woken up in an unfamiliar place where she realizes she is getting smaller. The White Rabbit runs in. She begs him to help her get home, but he is too worried about the Duchess to listen. The Rabbit gets his lost fan and gloves and disappears through a trap door. Alice is left alone to figure out how she is going to get out.
Alice finds herself alone when the White Rabbit escapes through the trap door. Before that, Alice asked the Rabbit to help her find a way out, but the Rabbit wouldn’t listen because he was too worried about his belongings and punishment from the Duchess. Alice is worried about getting smaller and smaller.
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2. Which of the following lines shows stage directions that give information about props? (1 point)
HUMPTY DUMPTY [Sits on the wall.] Don’t stand chattering to yourself like that, but tell me your name and your business.
[A trap door gives way and Rabbit disappears. Alice dashes after only in time to have the trap door bang in her face.]
White Rabbit [Picks up fan and gloves and patters off.]
[He leans forward to offer ALICE his hand but she is too small to reach it.]
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3. How would you describe the White Rabbit? (1 point)
thrilled
tired
amused
frightened
4. Which line from the excerpt best supports the answer to the previous question? (1 point)
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!
Oh! my fan and gloves! Where are my—
Oh! the Duchess! Oh! my fur and whiskers! She’ll get me executed, as sure as ferrets are ferrets! Oh! you have them!
Oh! Mr. Rabbit—please help me out—I want to go home—I want to go home—
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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
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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
9. One way in which playwrights develop characters is through dialogue. Define dialogue. Then choose Alice or Humpty Dumpty from Alice in Wonderland. Analyze how the character is developed through dialogue. Describe the character and explain at least two pieces of dialogue that support your description. (4 points)
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?
This summer, we will host an exchange student from Ecuador. (1 point)
This summer
we will host
an exchange student
from Ecuador.
13. What is the appositive in this sentence?
My father, David, goes to the golf course on Sundays. (1 point)
David
father
golf course
Sundays
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 kissed my grandmother goodbye. I promised I would visit soon.
Which sentence combines the two sentences using a present participle? (1 point)
I kissed my grandmother goodbye, and I promised I would visit soon.
Kissing my grandmother goodbye, I promised I would visit soon.
After I kissed my grandmother goodbye, I promised I would visit soon.
I promised I would visit my grandmother soon and kissed her goodbye.
16. What is the gerund in this sentence?
Will you be playing your song tonight? (1 point)
playing
Will
song
tonight
:-)
To analyze the given excerpts and answer the questions:
1. The best summary of lines 1-16 is:
Alice cannot reach the doorknobs. Alice keeps shrinking until she is very tiny. She talks about being smaller than furniture in the room. She throws the Rabbit’s gloves and fan on the floor. When she sees the White Rabbit, she asks him to help her get home. The Rabbit searches for his fan and gloves. He finds them on the floor where Alice dropped them. Alice says that he dropped them. The Rabbit says the Duchess will chop off Alice’s head. Then the Rabbit goes away.
2. The line that shows stage directions giving information about props is: [Picks up fan and gloves and patters off.]
3. The description of the White Rabbit is not mentioned in the provided excerpts.
4. Since the description of the White Rabbit is not given, there is no line from the excerpt to support an answer to the previous question.
5. The difference between Alice and Humpty Dumpty is:
Alice attempts to be polite, while Humpty Dumpty is very rude.
6. The lines of dialogue from the excerpt that support the answer to the previous question are lines 20 and 21: "‘It’s very kind of you to tell me all this,’ said Alice, ‘but I can’t help thinking there must be more than one Frog in it.’"
7. The central conflict in the first half of the excerpt is:
Alice is trapped in a strange place and wants to get out.
8. The line of dialogue from the excerpt that best supports the answer to the previous question is line 11: "Oh! Mr. Rabbit—please help me out—I want to go home—I want to go home—"
9. Dialogue is the conversation between two or more characters in a literary work. Since the specific dialogue from Alice in Wonderland is not provided, it is difficult to analyze how a character is developed through dialogue.
10. The most positive connotation for the sentence "When we saw her barefoot and wearing flowers as a crown, we knew the girl was" is "free-spirited."
11. The preposition in the sentence "After the movie, we will grab a pizza to take home" is "After."
12. The prepositional phrase in the sentence "This summer, we will host an exchange student from Ecuador" is "from Ecuador."
13. The appositive in the sentence "My father, David, goes to the golf course on Sundays" is "David."
14. The appositive phrase in the sentence "My birthday gift, a new red bike, has been sitting in the basement all winter" is "a new red bike."
15. The sentence that combines the two given sentences using a present participle is: "Kissing my grandmother goodbye, I promised I would visit soon."
16. The gerund in the sentence "Will you be playing your song tonight?" is "playing."