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Stage 3
Through the Looking-Glass
1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a ___ The white kitten began Alice’s
adventure.
b ___ Alice understood the poem
Jabberwocky’.
c ___ On the train, the ticket inspector’s time
cost a thousand pounds a minute.
d ___ Alice didn’t know the names of
Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
e ___ Tweedledee’s poem was very short.
f ___ Alice wanted to buy an egg in the shop.
g ___ Humpty Dumpty thought ‘Alice’ was a
stupid name.
h ___ The Red Queen introduced Alice to
the meat.
i ___ The Red Queen changed into the
black kitten.
j ___ The black kitten spoke to Alice at the
end of the story.
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2 Who said these words in the story?
Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the White
Queen, Humpty Dumpty, a flower, Alice.
a ‘You’ve woken me out of a very nice dream,
I’ve been all through the looking-glass
world.’ ...............
b ‘We can talk ... if there is anybody
interesting enough to talk to.’ ...............
c ‘The first thing in a visit is to say “How do
you do” and shake hands.’ ...............
d ‘My name means the shape I am – and a
very good shape it is too.’ ...............
e ‘It’s jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but
never jam today.’ ..............
20 marks
3 What special thing was Humpty Dumpty
wearing?
………………………………………..………………
10 marks
4 When was he given it?
………………………………………..………………
10 marks
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5 Who in the story ...? Alice, the soldiers,
the Lion and the Unicorn, Tweedledum
and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty.
a looked just like schoolboys? ...............
b were fighting for the crown? ...............
c were always falling over? ...............
d liked talking about the meaning of words?
................
e helped the White Queen with her shawl and
her hair? ...............
20 marks
6 Match a number from A with a letter from
B to make complete sentences.
A
1 ___ When Alice went on the train ...
2 ___ When Alice met Tweedledum and
Tweedledee ...
3 ___ When Alice arrived in the eighth
square ...
4 ___ When Alice met the White Knight ...
5 ___ When Alice ran with the Red Queen ...
B
a he read her a beautiful poem.
b she didn’t buy a ticket.
c she danced with them.
d she didn’t go anywhere.
e she found a golden crown on her head.
20 marks
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Stage 3
Through the Looking-Glass

1
a F
b F
c T
d F
e F
f T
g T
h T
i T
j F

2
a Alice
b A flower
c Tweedledum and Tweedledee
d Humpty Dumpty
e The White Queen

3
A (beautiful) belt.

4
On his unbirthday / Not on his birthday.

5
a Tweedledum and Tweedledee
b The Lion and the Unicorn
c The soldiers
d Humpty Dumpty
e Alice

6
1 b
2 c
3 e
4 a
5 d

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage 3
Through the Looking-Glass

SETTING 9 When Alice picks the White Queen up, the

Queen thinks it is _____.
Choose the best answer. a an explosion
1 At the start of the story, Alice picks up b a large animal
a _____ kitten. c the wind
a white d magic
b grey
10 Alice leaves the looking-glass room because
c brown
she wants to go to _____.
d black
a the river
2 The kitten was playing with some _____. b the kitchen
a wool c the garden
b paper d the forest
c bottles
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d coins
3 Earlier, Alice was _____.
CHARACTERS
a listening to music
b playing chess Choose the best answer.
c reading a book 11 Tiger-lily and the other flowers can _____.
d playing tennis a jump
4 There is a big _____ above the fireplace. b talk
a picture c walk
b mirror d sing
c cupboard 12 The _____ time costs a thousand pounds
d hole a minute.
5 In the looking-glass world, the clock has the a White Knight’s
face of _____. b Red Queen’s
a an old woman c Ticket Inspector’s
b a cat d Sheep’s
c an old man 13 When the train jumps suddenly, Alice holds
d a child the Goat’s _____.
6 The looking-glass room is _____ than the a beard
normal room. b head
a quieter c leg
b more untidy d tail
c smaller 14 Tweedledum and Tweedledee are
d more beautiful both _____.
7 The chessmen in the looking-glass world a thin
are _____. b tall
a white and red c old
b white and black d fat
c red and black 15 Tweedledum says that Alice is just a
d red and blue character in _____ dream.
8 The White Queen’s daughter is a _____. a Tweedledee’s
a flower b Tiger-lily’s
b castle c the Sheep’s
c cat d the Red King’s
d pawn

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Stage 3
Through the Looking-Glass

16 The White Queen screams because 23 ‘It’s just like a large chess-board!’
she _____ her finger. a the White Queen
a has cut b Alice
b is going to cut c the Lion
c is cutting d Tweedledee
d may cut
24 ‘Tickets, please!’
17 In the shop where Alice buys an egg, the a Alice
shopkeeper is _____. b the White Knight
a a walrus c the Goat
b an oyster d the Inspector
c a sheep
25 ‘Four times round is enough for one dance.’
d a goat
a the Sheep
18 When Alice sees Humpty Dumpty, he is b Tweedledee
sitting on a _____. c Hatta
a table d the Red Queen
b horse
26 ‘It’s jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but
c chair
never jam today.’
d wall
a the White Queen
19 Haigha and Hatta are the King’s _____. b the Unicorn
a messengers c the White Knight
b children d Alice
c soldiers
27 ‘Fivepence for one, twopence for two.’
d friends
a Hatta
20 The Red Knight’s helmet is in the shape of b the Lion
a _____ head. c Alice
a dog’s d the Sheep
b horse’s
28 ‘One short poem can carry as many
c lion’s
meanings as five people’s luggage.’
d sheep’s
a Humpty Dumpty
20 marks b the Sheep
c the Unicorn
DIALOGUE d Alice
29 ‘The Monster has given the Lion twice as
Who said this?
much as me!’
21 ‘Be careful of the storm!’ a the Insect
a the White Knight b the Goat
b Alice c the Unicorn
c the White Queen d the Sheep
d the Sheep
30 ‘It’s my own invention – to keep clothes and
22 ‘Be quiet! What do you Daisies know about sandwiches in.’
the world?’ a the Lion
a Alice b the White Knight
b the Unicorn c the Red King
c Tiger-lily d Alice
d the Red Queen
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Stage 3
Through the Looking-Glass

VOCABULARY 39 a line of plants or small trees growing close

together
Choose the best answer. a hedge
31 to make something such as clothes b square
using wool c wood
a roll d brook
b build
40 a piece of material that goes around the
c cut
middle of your body
d knit
a rope
32 a very small kind of animal with six legs b belt
a monster c hat
b cat d shirt
c insect
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d crow
33 words that are silly or don’t mean anything
PLOT
a nonsense
b order Choose the best answer.
c noise 41 The looking-glass country is made of a lot
d idea of _____.
34 to make someone laugh a squares
a scream b circles
b amuse c triangles
c pretend d different shapes
d argue 42 Alice has to cross some _____ to move
35 small, sharp piece of metal through the looking-glass country.
a pin a bridges
b brush b walls
c bar c roads
d shawl d brooks

36 to think that something is real or true 43 When Alice shakes hands with Tweedledum
a like and Tweedledee, they all _____.
b expect a dance around
c believe b jump up
d want c stand still
d fall over
37 a sweet food made by cooking fruit
and sugar 44 Tweedledee’s poem is about a walrus and
a honey a _____.
b joint a soldier
c jam b carpenter
d bread c sailor
d builder
38 a bit angry with someone
a loud 45 The White Queen says that she is _____
b lazy years old.
c fast a 81
d cross b 21
c 101
d 41

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Stage 3
Through the Looking-Glass

46 The White King and Queen gave Humpty

Dumpty a belt because _____.
a it was Christmas
b it was his birthday
c it wasn’t his birthday
d it was a holiday
47 The Lion and the Unicorn are fighting about
the King’s _____.
a crown
b money
c house
d land
48 The White Knight fights _____.
a the White King
b Alice
c the Unicorn
d the Red Knight
49 When Alice gets to the end of the looking-
glass world, she becomes a _____.
a Knight
b Queen
c Pawn
d Bishop
50 At the end of the story, Alice _____.
a falls asleep
b breaks the looking-glass
c starts crying
d wakes up
20 marks

Total marks

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ANSWERS
Stage 3
Through the Looking-Glass

SETTING PLOT
1 d 41 a
2 a 42 d
3 b 43 a
4 b 44 b
5 c 45 c
6 b 46 c
7 a 47 a
8 d 48 d
9 c 49 b
10 c 50 d

CHARACTERS
11 b
12 c
13 a
14 d
15 d
16 b
17 c
18 d
19 a
20 b

DIALOGUE
21 c
22 c
23 b
24 d
25 b
26 a
27 d
28 a
29 c
30 b

VOCABULARY
31 d
32 c
33 a
34 b
35 a
36 c
37 c
38 d
39 a
40 b

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Stage 3
Through the Looking-Glass
BEFORE READING
Activity 1
In the looking-glass world Alice is first a pawn
and later becomes a queen in the Eighth
Square. She travels by train through the
Third Square, finds a lake in the Fifth
Square, and goes through a wood in the
Seventh Square.
It is a very strange game of chess. The pieces
talk all the time. Time runs backwards and
the White Queen can remember things
from the future.
Activity 2
Encourage students to speculate and to
make guesses, but do not tell them the
answer. They will find out at the end of
the story that number 3 is what happens.
WHILE READING
Chapters 1 and 2
1 Which . . .? The black one.
2 What . . .? The glass went soft, and turned
into a kind of cloud.
3 Which . . .? First the White Queen, and then
the White King.
4 Why . . .? Because it was a looking-glass book
and the words went the wrong way, so Alice
had to hold it up to the glass to read it.
5 Which . . .? The Tiger-Lily.
6 Why . . .? Because the flower-beds are too soft
and so the flowers are always asleep.
7 What . . .? A country of squares, made by
little brooks and hedges, which looked just
like a large chess-board.
8 Why . . .? Because they were both still in the
same place as when they began running.
Chapters 3 and 4
1 Alice jumped over a brook to get into the third
square.
2 On the train the Inspector asked for Alice’s
ticket.
3 The small voice in Alice’s ear was the voice of
an insect.
4 In the wood Alice could not remember her
own name.
5 Alice had to listen to a long poem from
Tweedledee.
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6 Alice felt sorry for the Oysters because the
Walrus and the Carpenter ate them.
7 The Red King was lying asleep in the wood
and snoring loudly.
Before Reading Chapter 5
Encourage students to speculate and to
make guesses, but do not tell them the
answers. They will find out as they read
that the answers are numbers 2, 4 and 6.
Chapters 5 and 6
1 F The White Queen’s maid would have jam
every other day.
2 F The White Queen screamed before she cut
her finger.
3 F In the shop Alice decided to buy an egg.
4 T
5 F Humpty Dumpty’s name meant the shape
he was. / Alice’s name did not mean
anything.
6 F You can get an unbirthday present on three
hundred and sixty-four days in a year.
7T
8T
Chapters 7 and 8
1 The White King to Alice, about his two
messengers.
2 Haigha to the White King, about the Lion and
the Unicorn, who were fighting for the
crown again.
3 Hatta to Alice, about the white bread and
brown,which would be given to the Lion
and the Unicorn during a break in the
fighting.
4 The White King to Alice, about the White
Queen, who Alice had just seen running
out of a wood.
5 Haigha to the Unicorn, about Alice.
6 The Unicorn to everybody, about the piece of
plum- cake that Alice had just given him.
7 The Red Knight to the White Knight, about
Alice.
8 The White Knight to Alice, about the little
wooden box on his back, which was
upside-down.
9 The White Knight to Alice, about the song he
was just about to sing for her.
10 Alice to herself, about the White Knight, who
had just fallen off his horse again.
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Stage 3
Through the Looking-Glass
Before Reading the End of the Story
Encourage students to speculate and to
make guesses, based on both the game
of chess and the characters of the story,
but do not tell them the answers. They
will find out as they read that the ‘yes’
answers are numbers 2, 5, 7, 9 and 10.
Chapters 9 to 12
Alice’s dream finishes when she picks up the
Red Queen and shakes her – and at that
moment she wakes up and finds that she
is shaking the black kitten.
AFTER READING
Activity 1
1 Haigha and Hatta were the White King’s
messengers. He had to have two of them –
one to come, and one to go.
2 The White Knight told Alice all about his many
inventions; one of them was a box which he
carried upside-down on his back.
3 ‘When I use a word,’ said Humpty Dumpty to
Alice, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean
– neither more nor less.’
4 The White Queen told Alice she could believe
six impossible things before breakfast, but it
was easier if you shut your eyes.
5 Tweedledum and Tweedledee were brothers.
They told Alice that she wasn’t real, and was
just part of the Red King’s dream.
6 The Red Knight took Alice prisoner, but then he
had to fight a battle with the White Knight,
which he lost, so he rode away.
7 At the party the Red Queen told Alice that it
wasn’t polite to cut and eat someone you had
been introduced to.
8 The Lion and the Unicorn had never seen a
child before, so they thought that Alice was a
fantastic monster.
Activity 2
Encourage students to listen for the rhymes
in the last words in the lines.
3 I once played a kind of chess you never learn in
books,
7 Running with the Red Queen, and jumping over
brooks,
10 Talking with the White Queen, and pinning on
her shawl,
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5 Meeting Humpty Dumpty, and waiting for his
fall.
4 I also met the White King, and in a crowded
town
8 A lion and a unicorn were fighting for his crown.
1 Then there was the White Knight, riding
through the trees,
9 Singing me his sad song, hoping it would
please.
6 And when I had a Queen’s crown in the Eighth
Square,
2 I pulled off a table-cloth – but the dream ended
there.
Activity 3
The better word for the gaps at the end of the
lines is of course the one that rhymes;
the words that fit the meaning are given
afterwards in brackets.
In spring, when mountains lose their snow,
I like to watch the flowers grow. (open)
In summer, when the sun is bright,
I walk through fields and woods till night.
(evening)
In autumn, when the leaves turn gold, (red)
I know the year is growing old
In winter, when the snow is deep,
I sit beside the fire and sleep. (snore)
Students might want to make a jokey last
line:
I sit beside the television and snore.
Point out that in light-hearted or humorous
verse, an unexpected ending can
sometimes be quite effective.
Activity 4
Words across: knight, cake, hill, pawn, forest,
insect, move, nonsense, puzzled, king,
hedge, unicorn
Make sure that students select puzzled, not
puzzle, otherwise they will have too many
letters for Activity 6.
Words down: sheep, fantastic, horse, dream,
poem, pudding, monster, queen,
crown, square, brook, believe, kitten,
lion
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Stage 3
Through the Looking-Glass

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Activity 5
So many fantastic things happened in looking-
glass world! The White Queen turned into a
sheep, and the Red Queen turned into a
kitten. The White King nearly lost his crown
to a lion and a unicorn, and the Red King was
always snoring. The person I liked best was
the White Knight. He was so gentle, so sad.
He took me through the forest in the seventh
square, and was always falling off his horse.
But it was all nonsense, of course. You can’t
believe any of it.

Activity 6
1 The sentence is: ‘It’s jam tomorrow and jam
yesterday, but never jam today.’ The White
Queen said it to Alice.
2 A job as lady’s maid.
3 Eat it.
4 Never.

Activity 7
1+9 If you want to meet people in a garden, you
must walk away from them.
2+12 If you want to stay in the same place, you
have to run very fast.
3+7 If you want to get somewhere different,
you must run twice as fast.
4+11 If you travel by train, you should buy a
return ticket at every station.
5+8 If you want to give people pieces of cake,
you should pass it round first and cut it up
afterwards.
6+10 And curtsy while you’re thinking what to say
because it saves time.

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