--- title: Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 22: Oz floats away in a balloon… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1607 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 14 tests right, exam 2 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/1607-pg55-part22/) [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/) / 1607 # Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 22: Oz floats away in a balloon, and Dorothy is left behind **Tests:** 3 of 14 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 15 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1607 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/1607-pg55-part22/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} yo, Oz really bailed in a hot air balloon and left everyone hanging, no cap? - **1.** No cap, the ropes snapped while everyone was yelling and he just floated away without a word — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** Fr, the ropes snapped and the balloon floated off into the clouds with him inside — no support - **3.** Fr, the ropes snapped and he was gone — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** No cap, he flew off with Toto — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1540, line 13: «WHO: Graciosa is the "charming daughter" of a King and Queen, and everyone calls her "the happiest Princess in the world."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+3); the same doer «everyone» (+2). The right option, 3, 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/1607-pg55-part22/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} bro why did Dorothy sew silk for three days, that's wild - **1.** She was bored in the palace and Oz asked for help, so she helped him finish the balloon — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** Oz needed a big balloon to escape, so she helped sew the strips together — score 5 - **3.** She wanted to make a new dress — score 5 - **4.** Oz needed the balloon, so she helped — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1598, line 4: «Inside the round green room she meets Oz, who is only a giant floating Head, and he asks her why she has come.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3); the same doer «oz» (+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/1607-pg55-part22/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} ngl the Tin Woodman crying into a towel is kinda sus, why tho - **1.** He was tired of walking — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** So he wouldn't rust when the Wizard left him and the city lost its guide — no support - **3.** So he wouldn't rust after Oz left — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** So he wouldn't rust, because he had cried so much that his joints were starting to freeze up — 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/1607-pg55-part22/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} is Toto the real MVP or nah? - **1.** Nah, he ran into the crowd to bark at a kitten and almost got Dorothy left behind — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **2.** Nah, he ran off to chase cats — score 5 - **3.** Nah, he chased a kitten and almost got Dorothy left — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Yeah, he found the Wizard — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1607, line 12: «Dorothy goes back for Toto, who "had run into the crowd to bark at a kitten."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «crowd» (+4); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1607-pg55-part22/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} so the Scarecrow is the boss now?? that's lowkey iconic - **1.** Nah, the Tin Woodman took over the city and runs it with the Lion now — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** Yup, the Lion took over the throne — no support - **3.** Yup, Oz left him in charge of the City — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Nah, Glinda runs the city now — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1595, line 3: «They find the Lion asleep among the poppies, but he is too heavy to lift, so they leave him there.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «scarecrow» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, 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/1607-pg55-part22/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} did the monkeys help with the desert or nah - **1.** Yup, they flew her across the desert but then got lost in the mountains on the way — score 0 - **2.** Nah, they said they can't leave their land — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** Yup, they carried her across — score 5 - **4.** Nah, they said they belong to that country and can't ever leave it — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1373, line 5: «Back in the forest, the monkey feels safe and proud of his trick, but he gets bored staying at home and tells himself nobody knows.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same doer «monkey» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1607-pg55-part22/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} who's Glinda, like a witch? is she legit? - **1.** Yeah, she's the Witch of the South, Quadlings say she's good — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Nah, she's the Witch of the North — no support - **3.** Nah, she's a wicked witch who rules the desert and the Quadlings are scared of her — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **4.** Yeah, she's the Witch of the South and the Quadlings all say she's good and kind — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1607, line 19: «The soldier with the green whiskers suggests Glinda, "the Witch of the South," as a possible helper.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «soldier» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (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/1607-pg55-part22/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} wait, the balloon left without Dorothy?? that's rough - **1.** Yeah, she waved goodbye from the ground — no support - **2.** Nah, she was actually in the basket but fell out when the ropes snapped on the way up — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Yeah, she was still running back to the crowd with Toto when the balloon lifted off — no support - **4.** Yeah, she was still running back with Toto — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1607, line 4: «Toto runs off after a kitten, the ropes snap just as Dorothy reaches the basket, and the balloon flies off without her.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «snap» (+3); the same doer «ropes» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1607-pg55-part22/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} so what's the Golden Cap for again lol - **1.** It opens the palace doors fast — score 2 - **2.** It calls the Winged Monkeys with magic words — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** It calls the Monkeys — no support - **4.** It makes you invisible with spells — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 425, line 12: «How: Ivan throws a glove, then the other glove, then his cap, and the cap makes the hut's beams fall apart.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «cap» (+2). The right option, 2, 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/1607-pg55-part22/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} how'd the people feel about Oz leaving, real talk - **1.** They missed him and grieved for days — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** They missed him so much that they cried for many days and nights without stopping — score 5 - **3.** At first they were angry, then they missed him and grieved for many days afterward — score 5 - **4.** They cheered and threw a party — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 976, line 9: «The shilling was wrapped in "fine, white paper, that I might not mix with the other coins and be lost".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+3); the same doer «people» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1607-pg55-part22/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} bruh, is Omaha a real place Oz might've gone to - **1.** Yup, it's a real city in Nebraska, not far from where Dorothy lived — no support - **2.** Nah, it's a made-up place in the book, but Nebraska has a city like it — score 1 - **3.** Nah, it's a made-up place — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **4.** Yup, it's a real city in Nebraska — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1411, line 1: «Pinocchio creeps through a dark, smelly place that reeks of fried fish, following a tiny light.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dark smelly place» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «dark smelly place» (-1). 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/1607-pg55-part22/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} why'd the Lion say he's brave, he flexing or what - **1.** He says he's stronger than a bear — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** Nah, he's really scared — no support - **3.** He says he's as brave as any beast ever to walk the earth, no kidding — score 5 - **4.** He says he's as brave as any beast ever — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1603, line 10: «The Tin Woodman answers: "Nor I my heart," and the Lion says he has not "the courage to keep tramping forever."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «lion» (+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/1607-pg55-part22/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} so is Dorothy stuck in Oz forever or what - **1.** Nah, she just needs a way across the desert so she can get back to Kansas — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** Yup, she needs a balloon ride — no support - **3.** Nah, she needs a way across the desert to get home — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Nah, Glinda can send her home — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1607, line 9: «Why: Oz wants to visit "a great brother Wizard who lived in the clouds."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «oz» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1607-pg55-part22/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · right ✓ {#t14} yo whose castle is at the edge of the desert - **1.** Glinda's, she rules the Quadlings — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The Wizard's, he rules the Winkies — no support - **3.** Oz's, he rules — no support - **4.** Glinda's, she rules the Quadlings and lives at the edge of the desert — 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/1607-pg55-part22/t14/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Upon what substance did Oz apply a coating in order to render the balloon airtight? - **1.** Thick varnish — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Gum — no support - **3.** Paint — no support - **4.** Thin glue — **✓ 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/1607-pg55-part22/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} By what means did the Scarecrow propose that Dorothy might traverse the desert? - **1.** Sending for the soldiers — no support - **2.** Summoning a flock of the Winged Monkeys who would fly her over the sand — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **3.** Summoning the Winged Monkeys — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Summoning the Winged Monkeys with the magic Golden Cap to carry her — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1607, line 5: «The friends grieve for Oz, the Monkey King refuses to carry Dorothy to Kansas, and the soldier names Glinda as the one who might help.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «dorothy» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, 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/1607-pg55-part22/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Which individual was designated by Oz to govern the Emerald City during his absence? - **1.** The Scarecrow — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **2.** The Tin Woodman — score 0 - **3.** The Lion — no support - **4.** The soldier with whiskers — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1607, line 3: «The Tin Woodman builds a fire, the balloon swells and tugs at its ropes, and Oz hands the Scarecrow the rule of the City.», 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 «scarecrow» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1607-pg55-part22/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} What reason did the Monkey King give for declining to convey Dorothy to Kansas? - **1.** Because the Winged Monkeys belong to that country alone, and the Golden Cap can only be used once — score 2 - **2.** The Winged Monkeys belong to that country alone and may never cross the desert — score 2 - **3.** The Winged Monkeys belong to that country alone — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** They must guard the Golden Cap — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1253, line 5: «The angry king buys Puruna and her baby, takes her to the desert, and chops off her head, but leaves the baby alone in a cave.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1607-pg55-part22/e4/) - ← previous: [1605. The Wizard of Oz, The Magic Art of the Great Hum…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1605-pg55-part20/) - next →: [1608. Wizard of Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 2…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1608-pg55-part23/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)