--- title: Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 17: Dorothy melts the Witch, fr… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1602 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 13 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1602-pg55-part17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 1602 # Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 17: Dorothy melts the Witch, frees the Winkies, and rescues her friends **Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1602 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Yo, did you see the Witch swipe Dorothy's shoe? - **1.** Yeah, she snatched one of the Silver Shoes — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** Nah, she only stole Dorothy's basket — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Yeah, she grabbed her red shoe — score 4 - **4.** Nope, not at all — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1456, line 14: «The witch had stolen three princesses "when they were children together," along with silver utensils she turned into gold flax.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «steal» (+3); the same doer «witch» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Wait, so how'd the Witch actually bite it? - **1.** The Lion pushed her into the big fire pit — score 4 - **2.** Dorothy tossed a pail of soap on the Witch — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** The Scarecrow lit a match and the Witch just burned up in the courtyard fire — score 5 - **4.** Dorothy chucked a bucket of water on her — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1602, line 1: «Dorothy falls, and the Witch grabs one of the Silver Shoes and puts it on her own foot.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «witch» (+5); the same thing acted on «one» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} Dude, the Winkies were slaves for that Witch, right? - **1.** Yep, they did — no support - **2.** Nope, they only served the Emerald King — score 5 - **3.** Yep, they worked hard for her for years — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 - **4.** Nope, they were free — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1602, line 12: «Who: the Winkies had been made "to work hard during many years for the Wicked Witch."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «work» (+5); the same circumstance (+4); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Lol, the Woodman's totally tin, so what happened to his axe? - **1.** It got rusty and the handle snapped — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** It was stolen — no support - **3.** It was bent in a storm, somehow — no support - **4.** The head fell off in a storm — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 429, line 21: «Word: "to hew" means to chop hard with an axe or blade, and "jade" once meant a worn-out or poor horse.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «word» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Ngl, how long did those tinsmiths take to fix him? - **1.** Three days and four nights straight with no food or sleep at all — score -3 - **2.** Three whole weeks, working through every single evening and morning until he was done — no support - **3.** Five days and six nights, nonstop — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **4.** Three days and four nights straight — **✓ the right answer** · score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score -1, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1588, line 18: «Old word: "whisked" means quickly carried or swept away, which is how the cyclone took Dorothy to Oz.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Bruh, why didn't the Woodman care about his patches? - **1.** He had no time — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** He was too busy — no support - **3.** He wasn't vain, so he didn't care — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** He liked the patches on his coat — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} For real, why's Dorothy wiping that tin man's tears? - **1.** So his joints don't rust up — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Because his face looks dirty — no support - **3.** To clean him — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **4.** Because the tears taste salty — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1601, line 11: «She decides Dorothy is still hers to command, because the girl "does not know how to use her power".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dorothy» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Okay, where did the Lion dry his soggy tail? - **1.** In the kitchen — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 - **2.** Out in the sun in the courtyard, right next to the big gate — score 9 - **3.** Out in the sun in the courtyard — **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **4.** Out in the warm sun in the courtyard, by the well and the old stone fountain — score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1602, line 17: «What: the Lion dries his wet tail, holding it "in the sun till it dried."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «wet tail» (+4); the same action «dry» (+3); the same doer «lion» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 9. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} Dang, what's the new axe handle made of? - **1.** Solid gold, straight up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Polished oak, nothing else — no support - **3.** Wood — no support - **4.** Strong oak, polished bright — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Random, but who tossed the Scarecrow's clothes up the tree? - **1.** The Winkies did that thing — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The tinsmiths did that stuff — no support - **3.** The Witch did — no support - **4.** The Winged Monkeys did that — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} Ha, so what was the Scarecrow's stuffing again? - **1.** Nice, clean straw, obviously — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Soft cotton, not straw at all — no support - **3.** Bits of rags — no support - **4.** Dry twigs, plenty of cotton — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Bro, what does Dorothy want after all this? - **1.** Return to Kansas to see Aunt Em — score -5 - **2.** Sleep now — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Go back home to Kansas now — no support - **4.** Go back to Oz for his promise — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1591, line 7: «Dorothy wants to go home: "I want him to send me back to Kansas."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «dorothy» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13} Real talk, what's the Lion hoping to snag from Oz? - **1.** A heart, so he's kind — no support - **2.** Courage, so he's brave — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **3.** Food — no support - **4.** A tail — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1327, line 6: «Who: Owen, the son of Urien, is a brave knight, and his lion is almost as brave as he is.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lion» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which action brought about the dissolution of the Wicked Witch of the West? - **1.** The Scarecrow's careful lighting of a torch that set the Witch's black castle ablaze at dawn — no support - **2.** Dorothy's dousing of the Witch with a bucket of water — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1 - **3.** The Tin Woodman's swinging of his axe at the castle door — no support - **4.** Dorothy's dousing of the Witch with a bucket of water while the Lion watched from the courtyard steps — score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1588, line 12: «Why she is a witch to them: blue is the colour of the Munchkins and white is the witch colour, so they think she is "a friendly witch".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «dorothy» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Which object was restored to the Tin Woodman by the tinsmiths of the Winkies? - **1.** His body, joints, head, and his heart, all restored to their former shape exactly — no support - **2.** His body, joints, head, and axe blade, all oiled and polished to a shine by the tinsmiths of the Winkies — no support - **3.** His tin arms, legs, and the great silver axe blade — **← Mova's choice** · score -2 - **4.** His body, joints, and head, in their former form — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1590, line 5: «In the morning they hear a groan and find the Tin Woodman, rusted stiff, and Dorothy and the Scarecrow oil his neck, arms and legs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «neck» (-1); the same receiver «tin woodman» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which material was used by the goldsmith in fashioning the new handle of the Woodman's axe? - **1.** Polished oak, fitted to the blade — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Solid gold, fitted to the blade — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Solid gold, fitted to the blade by the Winkie goldsmiths carefully — no support - **4.** Solid gold, fitted to the blade and polished bright by the castle goldsmith's hands — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Which condition of the Winkies was ended by Dorothy's actions within the Yellow Castle? - **1.** Their bondage to the Wicked Witch of the West, which had lasted for many years — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Their bondage to the Wicked Witch of the West and to her cruel yellow castle walls — no support - **3.** Their bondage to the Wicked Witch of the West — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Their fear of the Witch and the cold nights — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/e4/) - ← previous: [1601. 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