--- title: Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Books description: The 21 test and exam questions of lesson 5 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing and the Caucus-race» 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 pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part… # Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing and the Caucus-race The 21 questions of lesson 5 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing and the Caucus-race» of the books course of Mova's primary school with their options, 119 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/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t1/) — Noah goes: "The Mouse told them a scary story to warm them up." Put him right. — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t2/) — Priya, millennial: "The Mouse's lesson was lowkey the most mid thing ever." ("mid" = boring, not good.) Which word does the Mouse itself use for it? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t3/) — Why is the Mouse's plan to dry them with history a joke? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t4/) — What would have happened if they had kept listening to the Mouse's history? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t5/) — Mason from Texas: "Y'all, that Duck's dumb, he don't know what 'it' means." ("y'all" = you all.) What was the Duck really asking? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t6/) — True or false: the Caucus-race had a clear start and a clear finish line. — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t7/) — Aunt Kath, rough: "That Dodo's a pompous old windbag, all long words and no sense." ("windbag" = someone who talks a lot and says little.) Which of its lines shows this best? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t8/) — Why did Alice ask "What is a Caucus-race?"? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t9/) — Did the Caucus-race work? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t10/) — Why is "Everybody has won" a funny answer? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t11/) — Looking back: the Mouse reads about William the Conqueror. What did Alice once guess about the Mouse and William? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t12/) — Looking back: Alice has been nine feet tall and a few inches tall. How does she seem now, chatting on the bank with the animals? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t13/) — How has Alice changed since the hall, where she cried alone? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t14/) — Kirsty from Aberdeen: "The craturs were drookit, ken." ("craturs" = creatures, "drookit" = soaked, "ken" = you know.) What does this say about the animals? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t15/) — ★★★ The Lory says "I am older than you, and must know better". Why is that not a good reason? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t16/) — ★★★ Read carefully: did Alice ask "What is a Caucus-race?" because she wanted to know? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t17/) — ★★★ The party ran "half an hour or so". If they started at a quarter past four, about when did the Dodo shout "The race is over!"? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/e1/) — Identify the character who appeared to exercise authority over the assembled party upon the bank. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/e2/) — Ascertain the reason for which the protagonist's argument with the Lory could not be concluded. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/e3/) — It is given that the Mouse recited a passage of history with the stated object of drying the company. Determine the outcome as reported by the protagonist. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/e4/) — Select the response most accurately characterising the Dodo's determination upon the conclusion of the race. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [4. Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Poo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears/) - next →: [6. Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/)