Vocabulary activity for Chapters 9 - 10 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll!

Here are some exerts from the story. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word. When you have answered all of the questions, click the "Check Answer" button. A box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.

1. She tucked her arm _____ into Alice's, and they walked off together.

   
   
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   1.   ?    affectionately
   2.   ?    askance
   3.   ?    morally

2. "Perhaps it hasn't one," Alice _____ to remark.

   
   
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   1.   ?    ventured
   2.   ?    asked
   3.   ?    capered

3. "Everything's got a _____, if only you can find it."

   
   
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   1.   ?    moral
   2.   ?    caper
   3.   ?    execution

4. Those whom she sentenced were taken into _____ by the soldiers, who of course had to leave off being arches to do this, so that, by the end of half an hour or so, there were no arches left.

   
   
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   1.   ?    custody
   2.   ?    moral
   3.   ?    askance

5. All the players, except the King, the Queen, and Alice, were in custody and under sentence of _____.

   
   
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   1.   ?    execution
   2.   ?    caper
   3.   ?    affection

6. "Mystery, ancient and modern, with Seaography; then _____ -- the _____-master was an old congereel, that used to come once a week: he taught us _____, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils."

   
   
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   1.   ?    Drawling
   2.   ?    Quadrille
   3.   ?    Venture

7. "Perhaps you were never even introduced to a lobster -- so you can have no idea what a delightful thing a Lobster-_____ is!"

   
   
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   1.   ?    Quadrille
   2.   ?    Caper
   3.   ?    Sluggard

8. "Turn a somersault in the sea!" cried the Mock Turtle, _____ wildly about.

   
   
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   1.   ?    capering
   2.   ?    asking
   3.   ?    venturing

9. "But the snail replied 'Too far, too far!' and gave a look _____."

   
   
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   1.   ?    askance
   2.   ?    affectionate
   3.   ?    drawling

10. "Stand up and repeat ''Tis the voice of the _____,'" said the Gryphon.

    
    
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    1.   ?    sluggard
    2.   ?    drawling
    3.   ?    moral

11. "But, when the tide rises and sharks are around,
    His voice has a timid and _____ sound."
    
    
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    1.   ?    tremulous
    2.   ?    askance
    3.   ?    affectionate