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title: The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Books
description: The 20 test and exam questions of lesson 49 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmati
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# The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing)

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The 20 questions of lesson 49 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing)» of the books course of Mova's primary school with their options, 110 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/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t1/) — Jaz: «Portly's always wandering off, bruv, nothing to stress about this time either.» (bruv = mate) Put it right. — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t2/) — «Otter's not bothered, lowkey he just fancied a walk.» (lowkey = kind of) Is that right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t3/) — What does the Mole's choice to search tonight show about him now? — right ✓ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t4/) — Which is TRUE so far? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t5/) — Kirsty from Glasgow: «the wee otter's dad sits on the bridge every night.» (wee = little) Put it right. — right ✓ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t6/) — Why do the meadows look «washed clean of mystery and terror» when the moon rises? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t7/) — Tyler from Alabama: «they were fixin' to sleep but the Rat said nah, get the boat out.» (fixin' to = about to) Put it right. — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t8/) — Mia from Perth: «they looked heaps of places, hedges and trees and ditches, yeah?» (heaps = lots) Is she right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t9/) — Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat say about his river? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t10/) — Looking back: in chapter V the Rat turned back on a cold night to find Mole's old home. How is tonight like that? — right ✓ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t11/) — Looking back: in chapter I the Mole tipped the boat over. What can he do on the river by now? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t12/) — Looking back: the Mole once lay in a hollow beech tree in the Wild Wood. How is tonight different? — right ✓ · ★
- [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t13/) — Looking back: where was Toad when we last saw him, at the end of chapter VI? — right ✓ · ★
- [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t14/) — ★★★ Careful: who has been missing «for some days», and who sits by the ford «every night»? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t15/) — ★★★ The ford was used «in by-gone days before they built the bridge». What can we work out? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t16/) — ★★★ It is a little past ten at night. If dawn comes at about four, roughly how many hours of night are left for the search? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/e1/) — Identify the circumstance which occasioned the anxiety of the Otter family. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/e2/) — Ascertain the location at which the elder Otter maintained his nightly watch, together with the reason therefor. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/e3/) — Select the response which most accurately characterises the Mole's resolution upon hearing these tidings. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/e4/) — Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the rising of the moon? — wrong ✗ · exam

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