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title: The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Books
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# The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (home at the Rat's, a telling-off, and bad news)

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The 21 questions of lesson 65 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (home at the Rat's, a telling-off, and bad news)» of the books course of Mova's primary school with their options, 118 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/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t1/) — Ruby, it's giving (it looks like) drama: «the Rat was well chuffed to see Toad, gave him a hero's welcome.» Put it right. — right ✓ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t2/) — Why does the Rat say «looking like a gentleman if you can»? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t3/) — What does the mirror scene show about Toad? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t4/) — Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Toad really agrees with every word the Rat says.» — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t5/) — Josh, no cap (honestly): «Rat's speech was savage, Toad hated him after.» What does the book say? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t6/) — Why is Toad's «quiet, steady, respectable life» promise hard to believe? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t7/) — What would probably have happened if Toad had strolled to Toad Hall without hearing the news? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t8/) — «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears.» Why is this a good title for this chapter? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t9/) — Looking back: in chapter I, what other «fads» had Toad taken up before? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t10/) — Looking back: in chapter VI, Badger told Toad he was «squandering the money your father left you». What does «squandering» mean? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t11/) — Looking back: in chapter VIII, in his dungeon, what did Toad call his friends? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t12/) — Looking back: in chapter IX, who stopped the Rat from going south with the Sea Rat? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t13/) — Looking back: in chapter VI, the Rat said «Talking to Toad'll never cure him. He'll say anything.» How does this part prove him right? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t14/) — Looking back: how is this rescue like the Mole's first day on the river in chapter I? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t15/) — Liam, our kid (my brother), says: «Toad cried 'cos Rat was mean.» Why did Toad really cry? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t16/) — ★★★ The Rat lists what has happened to Toad: «handcuffed, imprisoned, starved, chased, terrified out of your life, insulted, jeered at, and ... flung into the water». How many things is that? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/t17/) — ★★★ Toad says «The worst is over» BEFORE he hears the full story. Why is that a trap for the reader? — right ✓ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/e1/) — Identify the article of attire which the Water Rat directed Toad to remove upon his arrival. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/e2/) — Ascertain the circumstance that occasioned Toad's ready compliance with the Rat's instructions. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/e3/) — It is given that the Rat expressed displeasure at being thought to «keep company with gaol-birds». Select the response which most accurately characterises his objection to Toad's conduct. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/e4/) — Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the intelligence conveyed to Toad at the close of this part? — right ✓ · exam

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