--- title: Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tarts? (the H… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 22 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 19 tests right, exam 3 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/) [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/) / 22 # Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tarts? (the Hatter, the cook and a surprise witness) **Tests:** 4 of 19 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★★ · **Understood:** 16 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 22 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. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/). 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/). ### Test 1 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t1} Ollie: «Alice shrank in court, tiny as a mouse.» Put it right. - **1.** She began to grow larger again, squashing the Dormouse — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** She began to grow larger again, pushing the jury out of the box and into the garden — score 5 - **3.** She started to grow bigger, squashing the Hatter — score 4 - **4.** She began to grow larger again, squashing the Dormouse flat against the bench — 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 22, line 6: «Alice begins «to grow larger again»; she first thinks of leaving the court, but decides to stay «as long as there was room for her».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+2); the same doer «alice» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} «I grow at a reasonable pace, not in that ridiculous fashion.» What is the Dormouse's point? - **1.** He grows fast, unlike Alice — score 6 - **2.** Growing is silly, and nobody should grow in court, so Alice must leave at once — no support - **3.** Everyone grows, but slowly — not suddenly like Alice — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Alice grows slowly, like everyone — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 1: «In the middle of the trial Alice feels a curious sensation: she is growing again. She decides to stay as long as there is room. The Dormouse, squashed beside h…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+4); the same doer «alice» (+3). 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t3} Why does the Queen want the list of the singers in the last concert? - **1.** She wants to know who sang there — score 4 - **2.** The Hatter sang there and she said he was «murdering the time» by singing so slowly — score 5 - **3.** To check whether the Hatter sang well at the concert — score 2 - **4.** The Hatter sang there and she said he was «murdering the time» — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 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 21, line 19: ««Give your evidence, and don't be nervous, or I'll have you executed on the spot» — the King's threat makes the Hatter even more nervous, and he bites a piece…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «murder» (+3); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t4} Lucy: «the King was dead gentle with the Hatter, hun.» (hun = love, dear) Put it right. - **1.** He threatened again and again to have him executed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** He was kind to him — no support - **3.** He pardoned the Hatter at last — no support - **4.** He promised to have him freed — 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} «He denies it: leave out that part.» What is wrong with this way of judging? - **1.** If anyone can just deny a thing, then no evidence would ever count against them in any court at all — no support - **2.** Anyone who denies a thing must be guilty of it — no support - **3.** If anyone can just deny a thing, no evidence would ever count — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The King is right to leave out that part, since a denial must always be false and must be struck out — **← 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 22, line 11: «The Hatter says the March Hare said something; «I deny it!» says the March Hare; the King: «He denies it: leave out that part.» The Dormouse denies nothing, «b…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave out» (+2); the same thing acted on «part» (+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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} «I'm a poor man» — «You're a very poor speaker.» Which two meanings of «poor» does the King use? - **1.** Having no money, and bad at talking — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Having little money, and bad at something — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Having little money — no support - **4.** Sad, and bad at speaking — 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} «If that's all you know about it, you may stand down.» — «I can't go no lower.» What is the joke? - **1.** «Stand down» means to be quiet in court, but he thinks it means to go lower into the cellar below — no support - **2.** Stand down means get down, not leave the box — score 5 - **3.** «Stand down» means leave the witness box, but the Hatter takes it literally and tries to get lower down than the floor — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **4.** «Stand down» means leave the witness box, but the Hatter takes it as get lower — **✓ the right answer** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 22, line 14: ««Stand down» means leave the witness box; the Hatter, already on one knee, says «I can't go no lower: I'm on the floor», so the King says «Then you may sit dow…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave» (+4); the same thing acted on «witness box» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Hatter is beheaded outside the court.» - **1.** False: he's out of sight before the officer gets to the door — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** True: he is beheaded before he leaves — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** True: he is beheaded just outside the court before he can get far away — no support - **4.** False: he is still inside the court — no support **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 22, line 15: «The Hatter leaves «without even waiting to put his shoes on»; the Queen adds «—and just take his head off outside», but he is out of sight before the officer r…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+2); the same doer «hatter» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Ryan from Bristol: «the cook gave gurt long evidence about tarts.» (gurt = great, big) Put it right. - **1.** She said «Pepper», then «Shan't» — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** She said «Shan't» — no support - **3.** She said «Shan't», then only «Pepper, mostly» — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** She said «Treacle», then «Pepper» — 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Why does the court get into confusion? - **1.** The Queen orders the Dormouse taken away — no support - **2.** The Queen orders the Dormouse thrown out, suppressed, pinched and his whiskers off — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** The Queen orders the Dormouse thrown out, suppressed, pinched and have his whiskers pulled off at once — no support - **4.** The Queen orders the Hatter's whiskers pulled, the Dormouse suppressed and the cook thrown out of the court entirely — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 4: «The next witness is the Duchess's cook, carrying her pepper-box, and everyone near the door starts sneezing. «Give your evidence.» — «Shan't.» Asked what tarts…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «throw» (+3); the same place «court» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} What would the King's trial be like if every witness disappeared like the cook? - **1.** It would have no witnesses at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** It would have no evidence at all, so it would be just like the trial we are watching now — no support - **3.** It would end at once with a sentence — no support - **4.** It would have no evidence at all — just like now — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 4: «The next witness is the Duchess's cook, carrying her pepper-box, and everyone near the door starts sneezing. «Give your evidence.» — «Shan't.» Asked what tarts…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «next witness» (+3); the same thing acted on «cook» (+3). 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Looking back: where did Alice meet the cook before, and what was she doing? - **1.** In the Queen's garden, sneezing at the roses — no support - **2.** In the Duchess's kitchen, throwing pans and plates and peppering the soup — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** In the Duchess's kitchen, throwing pans and plates about and peppering the soup until everyone sneezed — score 4 - **4.** In the Duchess's house, where she was boiling eggs and cutting bread for the cat in the window — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 18: «Her snatch out of the window brings "a little shriek and a fall, and a crash of broken glass"; a cucumber-frame is a low glass box that keeps young plants warm…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «alice» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same place «window» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} Looking back: in chapter IX, Alice invented a rule about pepper. Does the cook fit it? - **1.** No: pepper makes people hot-tempered, but the cook is calm and polite to everyone — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** No: pepper makes people sleepy, and she is not — score 6 - **3.** Yes: pepper makes people sleepy and quiet — score 6 - **4.** Yes: pepper makes people hot-tempered, and the cook is rude and cross — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 17, line 1: «Out of prison, the Duchess is suddenly sweet to Alice: «You dear old thing!» She tucks her arm into Alice's and walks with her. Alice wonders if it was only th…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same doer «pepper» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t14} Looking back: why does «Treacle» make sense coming from the Dormouse? - **1.** He was at the tea-party — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** His story at the tea-party was about sisters living on treacle — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** He was telling a tale about the tea-party — no support - **4.** His story was about sisters who lived in a well — 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t15} Looking back: in chapter IV, Alice also grew too big for a place. Where? - **1.** In the White Rabbit's house, with a foot out of the door — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** In the White Rabbit's garden, with her head through the hedge and both feet in the pond — no support - **3.** In the White Rabbit's house, with one arm out of the window and one foot up the chimney, stuck fast — no support - **4.** In the White Rabbit's house, with an arm out of the window and a foot up the chimney — **✓ 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t16} Looking back: in chapter IV, who held up Bill the Lizard and gave him something out of a bottle? - **1.** Two white rabbits — no support - **2.** Two guinea-pig cooks — no support - **3.** The Rabbit — no support - **4.** Two guinea-pigs — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 8, line 15: «She shrinks, runs out, and sees Bill the Lizard being held up by two guinea-pigs, who give him something out of a bottle; the crowd rushes at her, but she esca…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hold up» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «two guinea pigs» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t17} ★★★ Two guinea-pigs cheer and both are suppressed. Then Alice thinks «that finished the guinea-pigs!» What does she mean? - **1.** The trial is over for the guinea-pigs, so they can all go home and rest at last in their hutch — no support - **2.** The guinea-pigs are finished with cheering now — score 7 - **3.** All the guinea-pigs have left the court — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 - **4.** There are no more guinea-pigs free to cheer — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 6: «Alice begins «to grow larger again»; she first thinks of leaving the court, but decides to stay «as long as there was room for her».», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «court» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t18} ★★★ Careful: how many witnesses are called in this whole chapter, counting the last name read out? - **1.** 4: the Hatter, the Dormouse, the cook, and Alice — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 5: the Hatter, the Dormouse, the cook, the guinea-pigs, and Alice — no support - **3.** 3: the Hatter, the cook, and Alice — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** 3: the Hatter, the March Hare, and Alice — 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t18/) ### Test 19 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t19} ★★★ The cook says tarts are made of «Pepper, mostly» and the Dormouse says «Treacle». Who is closer to the truth about real tarts, and why? - **1.** The cook: tarts are peppery, like soup — no support - **2.** The Dormouse: tarts have treacle in them — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **3.** The Dormouse: a tart is sweet, like treacle, not peppery — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Neither, it is a myth — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 3: «When Alice says there is no such thing as a treacle-well, the Dormouse sulks; she promises not to interrupt, and breaks the promise almost at once. The Hatter…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dormouse» (+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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/t19/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the occasion of the Hatter's trembling to the point that both his shoes were shaken off. - **1.** The sneezing guests — no support - **2.** The Queen's order to count the singers — no support - **3.** The Queen's demand for the list of singers at the last concert — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** The King's question about tea and tarts — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 8: «The Queen asks for «the list of the singers in the last concert», and the Hatter trembles so that «he shook both his shoes off».», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3); the same doer «queen» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} It is stated that a guinea-pig, having cheered, was «suppressed». Select the response which most accurately characterises the procedure. - **1.** It was tied head first in a bag, then carried off — score 1 - **2.** It was given a bag — no support - **3.** It was placed head first in a canvas bag, upon which the officers sat — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** It was placed in a box and the officers sat upon it — score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 22, line 3: «When a guinea-pig cheers, the officers stuff it head first into a canvas bag and sit on it — that, Alice realises, is what newspapers mean by «suppressed». The…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sit» (+4); the same doer «officers» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Ascertain the evidence furnished by the cook in respect of the composition of tarts. - **1.** That they were made mostly of pepper — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Pepper — no support - **3.** Mostly treacle — no support - **4.** That they were made mostly of treacle — 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the third witness? - **1.** The White Rabbit called the name «Alice!» — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** The White Rabbit called the name «Alice!» and she stood up at once to answer him — score 3 - **3.** The Hatter called the name «Alice!» — no support - **4.** The White Rabbit read out the name «Dinah!» and then the cook came running in from the kitchen — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 5: «The King, relieved, asks the Queen to question the next witness, as it makes his forehead ache. Alice is curious who it will be, since they have hardly any evi…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «read out» (+4); the same doer «white rabbit» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/e4/) - ← previous: [21. Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Sto…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1/) - next →: [23. Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice'…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/23-alice-alices-evidence-1/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)