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title: The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Books
description: The 22 test and exam questions of lesson 28 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank (the Mole grabs the oars, the boat goes over, and a friendship begins)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with
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# The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank (the Mole grabs the oars, the boat goes over, and a friendship begins)

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The 22 questions of lesson 28 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank (the Mole grabs the oars, the boat goes over, and a friendship begins)» of the books course of Mova's primary school with their options, 123 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t1/) — Mia, bit salty (annoyed): «the Rat taught the Mole to row straight away, he was a natural.» Put it right. — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t2/) — «his pride began to whisper that he could do it every bit as well». What does this mean? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t3/) — The Rat is laughing while he saves the Mole. Is he being cruel? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t4/) — Why does the Mole say he might have «lost that beautiful luncheon-basket»? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t5/) — What would a less kind friend have done after the boat went over? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t6/) — Leo, proper nesh (feels the cold): «I'd have just sat there shivering». What did the Rat tell the Mole to do instead? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t7/) — «I am very sorry indeed for my foolish and ungrateful conduct.» Why «ungrateful»? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t8/) — The Mole gives «straight back-talk» to the moorhens. What does this show? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t9/) — The Rat's stories have «steamers that flung hard bottles—at least bottles were certainly flung, and from steamers, so presumably by them». What's the joke? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t10/) — Looking back: what did the Rat say at the very start about messing about in boats — «In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter»? How does that come true now? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t11/) — Looking back: the first time the Rat fell on his back in the boat, whose fault was it? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t12/) — Looking back: what had the Mole left unfinished at home that very morning? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t13/) — Looking back: in part 3, the Mole packed the basket «without much loss of temper». How is the end of the day different? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t14/) — Looking back: how has the Mole changed since he jeered «Onion-sauce!» at the rabbits? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t15/) — Isla, dreich day out (grey and wet): «the Mole went back to his own house that night.» Is she right? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t16/) — ★★★ The book is called «The Wind in the Willows». Where does the title first show up in this chapter? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t17/) — ★★★ Put in order: (a) the Otter vanishes; (b) the boat goes over; (c) the Rat says «Not yet»; (d) Badger says «H'm! Company». — right ✓ · ★★
- [t18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t18/) — ★★★ «This day was only the first of many similar ones». What does «similar» tell us? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/e1/) — Identify the sentiment which impelled the Mole to seize the sculls. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/e2/) — Ascertain the means whereby the Rat conveyed the Mole to the bank following the capsize. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/e3/) — Select the response which most accurately characterises the Rat's reply to the Mole's apology. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/e4/) — Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the conclusion of the first chapter? — right ✓ · exam

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