Chapter 1
1. What is suggested by the fact that the rabbit Alice sees speaks and wears clothing?
2. Considering that Alice has fallen asleep and is dreaming, how can her plunge down the
rabbit-hole be understood metaphorically? What might the fall represent?
3. What literary device is employed by the author when he describes the rabbit?
4. Why does Alice begin to recite her multiplication tables? Which of the novel’s major concepts
is highlighted here?
5. At one point during the chapter, Alice finds herself “up to her chin in salt water.” What is her
first explanation for this strange situation? What does the pool of salt water actually turn out to
be?
6. What does Alice’s conversation with the Mouse reveal about how she feels regarding her
conversations with adults?
Chapter 2
1.What did the White Rabbit drop when Alice spoke to him?
2.Who does Alice think she turned into?
3.What did Alice think the mouse was?
4.Who is the protagonist of the book?
5.What is the setting of the book?
6.Describe Alice’s character using textual evidence.
Chapter 3
1. What did Alice have an argument with the Lory about?
2. What did Alice give the Dodo that the Dodo gave back?
3. What did Alice give as prizes?
Chapter 4
1. In Wonderland, the normal order of things is typically upset or reversed. How is this idea
demonstrated at the beginning of the chapter, in the scene between Alice and the White Rabbit?
2. Why does Alice drink the potion at the White Rabbit’s house?
3. Why does Alice leave the tea-party before hearing the end of the Dormouse’s story?
4. Identify the literary term that the Hatter uses when he describes time in the following quote: “If
you knew Time as well as I do,…you wouldn’t talk about wasting it. It’s him.”
Chapter 5
1. What did the Caterpillar say to Alice when he first saw her?
2. The Caterpillar said, "One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make
you grow shorter." Sides of what?
3. What did the Pigeon call Alice?
4. What "important thing" did the Caterpillar have to tell Alice?
Chapter 6
1. What type of animal delivers the letter inviting the Duchess to play croquet?
2. What spice does the Duchess' cook use to excess, causing everyone to sneeze?
3. What two homophonic words does the Duchess become confused by during Alice's
visit?
4. What kind of animal is the Duchess' baby?
5. When the Cheshire Cat fades out of sight, what is the last part of his anatomy to be
visible?
Chapter 7
1. What does the Mad Hatter say that Alice needs, causing her to scold him for being rude?
2. What is said about Time at the tea party?
3. Where does the March Hare put his broken watch?
4. The Mad Hatter and March Hare exist in a perpetual tea-time, with the hour permanently
fixed at ___.
5. As Alice leaves the tea party, where are the Mad Hatter and March Hare trying to put the
Dormouse?
Chapter 8
1. What color are the gardeners painting the roses when Alice arrives to play croquet?
Why?
2. What animal is Alice supposed to use as a mallet in her croquet game with the Queen?
3. Which character partially appears during the croquet game to ask how Alice is doing?
4. The King and the executioner argue about the proper way to behead ___.
Chapter 9
1. Whose friendly attention during the game of croquet makes Alice very uncomfortable?
2. Who explains to Alice that the Queen of Hearts never actually executes anyone?
3. Why doesn’t the Queen follow through with her executions?
4. Which of the following does the Mock Turtle claim to have studied at sea school?
5. According to the Mock Turtle, what was the name of his master at sea school?
Chapter 10
1. According to the Mock Turtle, which sea creature does not participate in the Lobster
Quadrille?
2. What is the Lobster Quadrille?
3. Which creatures are the subject of the song that the Mock Turtle sings as he dances?
4. The creature that shines shoes called a ___.
5. What is the name of the song the Mock Turtle sings just before Alice is whisked away to
the trial?
Chapter 11
1. What does Alice call the trial jurors, which they immediately begin writing down?
2. Who does Alice snatch a pencil from at the start of the trial?
3. ___ is the first witness at the trial, and arrives with a teacup in hand.
4. What creature is "suppressed" during the trial by being tied in a bag and sat on?
5. When asked at the trial what the tarts were made of, what is the Cook's answer?
Chapter 12
1. According to the King, what rule requires all persons more than a mile high to leave the
court?
2. What is written on the paper presented as "evidence" by the Rabbit at the trial?
3. What does the Queen demand be issued before the trial verdict, causing Alice to criticize
her?
4. What does Alice do to the playing cards that attack her after the Queen calls for her
beheading?
5. In the final moments of the book, which character is daydreaming of Alice's adventures.
