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title: Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 68: Rudy reaches Interlachen,… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 857 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.
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# Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 68: Rudy reaches Interlachen, wins the shooting match and meets Babette again

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**Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 857 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.

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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/857-pg27200-part68/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, did Rudy really hit the bull's-eye every single time?

- **1.** dead on, every shot — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** every time — no support
- **3.** yes, always — no support
- **4.** yeah, hit it every time — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**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 857, line 4: «Rudy hits the bull's-eye every time, and soon a circle of admiring friends forms round him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hit» (+4); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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/857-pg27200-part68/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Bro, who was that rich miller anyway?

- **1.** the guy from Bex with the mill — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the rich dude from the town — no support
- **3.** the rich miller from Bex who gave out his card to everyone at the match — no support
- **4.** the guy from Bex with the big mill and all the money — no support

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**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/857-pg27200-part68/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Lol, why did Rudy totally forget Babette for a bit?

- **1.** the cheering and the prizes got him — no support
- **2.** the shooting and the noisy crowd grabbed him completely and he forgot everything else — no support
- **3.** he got totally caught in the excitement of the match and the music of the guns — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** the shooting and the crowd grabbed him — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 852, line 6: «Who: Ib is now a prosperous man, and he is "both father and mother" to little Christina.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rudy» (+2); the same thing acted on «father» (+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/857-pg27200-part68/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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No cap, what were the swallows singing at him?

- **1.** You and we, we and you! — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Hello, Rudy, hello! — no support
- **3.** Sing, Rudy, sing. — no support
- **4.** "We and you--you and we." — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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/857-pg27200-part68/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Wait, what was covering the bridges and houses?

- **1.** painted flags — no support
- **2.** verses and inscriptions — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** carved wooden birds — no support
- **4.** bright flags and garlands — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 857, line 9: «Where: he crosses a bridge "where the two rivers flow into each other" and walks under walnut-trees.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cross» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/857-pg27200-part68/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Dude, what did the marksmen twist round their hats?

- **1.** their scores — no support
- **2.** their gold coins and medals — no support
- **3.** the colours of their ribbons — score 4
- **4.** the number of their hits — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 857, line 19: «Old word: "garland" means a wreath of flowers or leaves; here the marksmen twisted their hits into one round their hats.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hit» (+3); the same doer «marksmen» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/857-pg27200-part68/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Like, what did Rudy get from the kid on the road?

- **1.** a piece of cake — no support
- **2.** an Alpine rose — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a little wooden horse — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** a rose — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 852, line 13: «Why: strangers often bought from Rudy "without knowing why," because he looked so earnest and was so little.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rudy» (+2). Against it: the same property (-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/857-pg27200-part68/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Ngl, where did Babette's brooch come from?

- **1.** from the old miller's wife — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a present from her father — no support
- **3.** her godmother at her christening — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** a gift from Rudy — no support

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**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/857-pg27200-part68/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Bruh, how did the miller feel about Rudy?

- **1.** flattered and warm towards him, since Rudy was from his own canton and so close to home — score 3
- **2.** pleased, as Rudy was a fellow Swiss — no support
- **3.** very flattered, because a young man from his own canton had shot so well that day — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** flattered, since Rudy was from his canton — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 854, line 11: «Why: the men keep Rudy awake during the storm, because they "told Rudy that he must not dare to sleep."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «rudy» (+3); the same doer «men» (+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/857-pg27200-part68/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Fr, what kind of trees shaded the walk?

- **1.** walnut-trees — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **2.** tall walnut-trees with broad green leaves — score -1
- **3.** birch-trees — score -1
- **4.** large old walnut-trees by the road — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 378, line 15: «He "threw himself down in the welcome shade of a tree by the roadside."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shade» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «tree» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/857-pg27200-part68/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Ok but how old was Babette, really?

- **1.** ten — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** nineteen — no support
- **3.** six — no support
- **4.** eighteen — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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/857-pg27200-part68/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Cool, what did Rudy say about getting here?

- **1.** I walked here. — no support
- **2.** "I came over the mountains on foot, with nothing but my gun." — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **3.** I came up from the lake. — no support
- **4.** "I came over the mountains." — **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 857, line 14: «Why: Rudy says he came "over the mountains," and the miller warns that he will "break your neck".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+6); the same place «mountains» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on (-1); the same doer «rudy» (-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/857-pg27200-part68/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Real talk, what did the miller say about his own trip?

- **1.** he had travelled to Italy and crossed the sea by steamship — no support
- **2.** he went as far as a steamship on the great lake and back — no support
- **3.** he went as far as a steamship — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** he took a long walk abroad — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 780, line 20: «The miller takes them, and the huntsman "could not find it in his heart to have her beaten."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same doer «miller» (+2). 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/857-pg27200-part68/t13/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Pursuant to the narrative, in what manner was Rudy's bearing described as he approached the town?

- **1.** as a man who has sold his cattle — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** with a quick step, as a hunter does — no support
- **3.** slowly and sadly — no support
- **4.** with lightness, as one free and light as a bird — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 857, line 2: «He remembers his childhood, when he sold carved toy houses on this same road to Grindelwald.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sell» (+2); the same doer «rudy» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (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/857-pg27200-part68/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Which proverb does the narrator associate with Rudy's good fortune?

- **1.** "Nuts are given to us, but they are not cracked for us." — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** Fortune comes to those who wait. — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** Nuts are given to us, but they are not cracked for us by the cook. — no support
- **4.** Nuts are given to us, but they are not cracked for us, and we must work. — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 138, line 4: «A Farmer finds gold with his plough and thanks the Earth, so Fortune comes to scold him for forgetting her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+3); the same doer «fortune» (+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/857-pg27200-part68/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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By what means did Babette come to possess the brooch she wore in her bosom?

- **1.** her godmother gave it — no support
- **2.** it was a gift from her godmother at her christening — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** it was a present — score 4
- **4.** it was bought in the market — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 857, line 15: «The brooch Babette wears was a gift from her godmother, a high-born English lady, at her christening.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «godmother» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «brooch» (+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/857-pg27200-part68/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Upon what occasion was Rudy first addressed by the miller of Bex?

- **1.** when the miller struck him on the shoulder and spoke French to him at the tavern in the evening — score 1
- **2.** when the crowd cheered for him in town — no support
- **3.** when he won the prize at the big match in the town hall — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** when the miller struck him on the shoulder and spoke in French — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 852, line 7: «What: Ib got his money "out of the black earth," which means he earned it from mining or digging, a hint that he worked hard.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «earn» (+4); the same doer «rudy» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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/857-pg27200-part68/e4/)

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