Alice's Adventure in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
Comprehension
A. Choose the correct answer;
1. The two girls were sitting under _________
a. a tree in a park. []
b. a tree near a river. [✓]
c. a tree beside a hut. []
2. The rabbit was wearing a jacket and looking at __________
a. an alarm clock. []
b. a wrist watch. []
c. a pocket watch. [✓]
3. Alice was not hurt because she fell on some dry __________
a. leaves. [✓]
b. sheets. []
c. mattresses. []
4. Alice found a tiny ________ lying on the glass table.
a. jar. []
b. box. []
c. key. [✓]
5. Alice was swimming in the pool of _________
a. hot water. []
b. cold water. []
c. tears. [✓]
B. Answer the questions.
1. What made Alice feel sleepy and stupid?
= The hot day made Alice feel sleepy and stupid.
2. What was surprising about the rabbit?
= The rabbit was wearing a jacket with a pocket watch. He was talking too.
3. Where did the rabbit enter?
= The rabbit entered into a hole.
4. How small did she become when she drank the content from the small bottle?
= She became small like a candle when she drank the content from the small bottle.
5. What did she find inside the box that read Eat me?
= She found something like a cake to eat inside the box which made her nine feet tall.
C. Read the lines and answer the questions.
1. "It's so high I can't climb it! And it is too slippery as well."
a. What is so high?
= The leg of the table is so high.
b. Why couldn't the speaker climb it?
= The speaker couldn't climb it as it was very slippery as well.
c. What made it slippery?
= The table was made of glass. So the legs of the table were also made of glass and they were slippery.
2. "I should be ashamed of myself. A big girl like me crying in this manner."
a. Who is the speaker?
= Alice is the speaker.
b. Why did she think that she should be ashamed of herself?
= She thought that she should be ashamed of herself because a big girl like her was crying in that manner that it made a pool out of her tears.
c. Why was she crying?
= She was crying because she had become nine feet tall after eating the food of the box which says 'Eat me'.
3. "As if I would talk on such a subject!"
a. Who said this?
= The mouse said this.
b. What is the subject?
= The subject is talking about cats.
c. Why would the speaker not talk about the subject?
= The speaker would not talk about the subject as the cats are nasty, low, vulgar animals. Mice are always afraid of cats.
D. Think and answer.
1. Why did Alice follow the rabbit? Who do you think kept the bottle and the box that read Drink me and Eat me?
= Alice followed the rabbit as it was a strange rabbit wearing a jacket with a pocket watch. The rabbit was talking too. Alice was curious to know more about the rabbit. So, she followed it.
I think the guard of the doors had kept the bottle and the box that read Drink me and Eat me. There were bigger and smaller doors. One must have to be bigger and smaller to get through the doors. So, there were those things to make oneself bigger or smaller.
2. Alice met many animals when she reached the shore. List them. Add at least two animals, one big and one small that you would have wished to be there. Give reasons for your choice.
= Alice met many animals when she reached the shore. They are - crab, mouse, eagle, owl, crane, dodo bird and a chimpanzee.
One big animal that I would have wished to be there is tiger and one small animal that I would have wished to be there is ant. If there would have been a tiger and an ant it would have been very exciting to know there conversations and their reactions while being in danger. They must have helped each other to get out of the pool made by the tears of Alice.
3. Would you want to have an experience like this? Would you be scared or thrilled?
= I would definitely want to have an experience like this. I would be very thrilled and a bit scared. I would be scared of drowning and get attacked by those animals. I would be thrilled to do that adventure. It is a matter of heroic pride to save me along with those animals.
About the Author:
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898) was better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll. He was an English writer, mathematician and logician. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem Jabberwocky, and the poem The Hunting of the Snark.
**Write eight to ten sentences to describe the things Alice saw as she followed the rabbit into the hole.
= Alice saw that the hole was bigger than what it looked like from the out side. She was falling very slow or the hole was very long. There were many jars kept on the selves of the wall of the hole. She saw many locked doors which were of various size. She found a tiny key on a glass table. Then she got a jar and there were 'Drink Me' written on it. She drank it and became very small. Then she found a food and there were 'Eat Me' written on it. She ate it and became very tall. Then she hold a thing and she was becoming small again. She made a pool out of her own tears. First of all she met with a mouse who was swimming to get out of the water. Then she came across with other animals like Dodo bird, owl, parrot, crow, who were also getting out of the pool.