Vocabulary activity for Chapters 11 - 12 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. Near the King was the White Rabbit, with a trumpet in one hand, and a scroll of _____ in the other.

   
   
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   1.   ?    parchment
   2.   ?    fidget
   3.   ?    sixpence

2. As he wore his crown over the wig, he did not look at all comfortable, and it was certainly not _____.

   
   
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   1.   ?    becoming
   2.   ?    fidgety
   3.   ?    significant

3. The King put on his _____ and looked anxiously round, to make out who was talking.

   
   
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   1.   ?    spectacles
   2.   ?    dunce
   3.   ?    parchment

4. "A nice _____ their slates'll be in before the trial's over!" thought Alice.

   
   
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   1.   ?    muddle
   2.   ?    verdit
   3.   ?    lowing

5. "_____, read the accusation!" said the King.

   
   
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   1.   ?    Herald
   2.   ?    Obstacle
   3.   ?    Dunce

6. On this the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and then unrolled the parchment _____.

   
   
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   1.   ?    scroll
   2.   ?    parchment
   3.   ?    pun

7. "Consider your _____," the King said to the jury.

   
   
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   1.   ?    verdict
   2.   ?    dismay
   3.   ?    dunce

8. Here the Queen put on her spectacles, and began staring hard at the Hatter, who turned pale and _____.

   
   
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   1.   ?    fidgeted
   2.   ?    heralded
   3.   ?    scrolled

9. "Do you take me for a _____? Go on!"

   
   
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   1.   ?    dunce
   2.   ?    sixpence
   3.   ?    verdict

10. Here the other guinea-pig cheered, and was _____.

    
    
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    1.   ?    suppressed
    2.   ?    clamoured
    3.   ?    muddled

11. "Oh, I beg your pardon!" she exclaimed in a tone of great _____, and began picking them up again as quickly as she could

    
    
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    1.   ?    dismay
    2.   ?    lowing
    3.   ?    vague

12. She had a _____ sort of idea that they must be collected at once and put back into the jury-box, or they would die.

    
    
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    1.   ?    vague
    2.   ?    becoming
    3.   ?    significant

13. She soon got it out again, and put it right; "not that it ______ much," she said to herself.

    
    
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    1.   ?    signifies
    2.   ?    dismays
    3.   ?    suppresses

14. "My notion was that you had been
    (Before she had this fit)
    An _____ that came between
    Him, and ourselves, and it.
    
    
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    1.   ?    obstacle
    2.   ?    verdict
    3.   ?    lowing

15. "I'll give him _____, I don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it."

    
    
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    1.   ?    sixpence
    2.   ?    spectacles
    3.   ?    dismay

16. "It's a ______!" the King added in an angry tone, and everybody laughed.

    
    
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    1.   ?    pun
    2.   ?    dunce
    3.   ?    sixpence

17. All the other queer noises, would change to the confused _____ of the busy farm-yard.

    
    
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    1.   ?    clamour
    2.   ?    lowing
    3.   ?    verdict

18. The _____ of the cattle in the distance would take the place of the Mock Turtle's heavy sobs.

    
    
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    1.   ?    lowing
    2.   ?    becoming
    3.   ?    spectacles