Chapters 10-11

Question 1

impromptu

Answer 1

unplanned

Question 2

voluble

Answer 2

talkative

Question 3

incredulous

Answer 3

unbelieving

Question 4

oblige

Answer 4

to be kindly accomodating

Question 5

dolorously

Answer 5

sorrowfully; mournfully

Question 6

caustic

Answer 6

painfully sarcastic

Question 7

august

Answer 7

deserving of reverence

Question 8

capricious

Answer 8

constantly changing; unpredictable

Question 9

epitome

Answer 9

ideal example

Question 10

blithe some

Answer 10

happy and lighthearted

Question 11

ignominously

Answer 11

in a degrading way; shamefully

Question 12

quell

Answer 12

to quiet or calm

Question 13

How has Toad’s character changed by the end of the story?

Answer 13

He learned to stop boasting and be humble

Question 14

According to Ratty, “There is nothing - absoluteley nothing - half so much worth doing as simply …” Complete the quote

Answer 14

messing about in boats

Question 15

After whom in Kenneth Grahame’s world is Toad’s character patterned?

Answer 15

Grahame’s son

Question 16

At one point in the story, Ratty changes his opinion about something in a significant way. What is it?

Answer 16

He goes from being disinterested in the Wide World to longing to go to sea and experience it.

Question 17

a direct comparison between two unlike things (does not use like, as, or than); shows that something unknown can be understood because it is similar to something known

Answer 17

metaphor

Question 18

giving humanlike qualities to objects or ideas

Answer 18

personifcation

Question 19

What was Toad’s epiphany?

Answer 19

his life-changing vision of the motor-car

Question 20

At the end of Chapter 4: Mr. Badger, where has Mole learned that he belongs?

Answer 20

in domesticated, civilized places of tilled field and hedgerow

Question 21

Name some of Toad’s character flaws or faults.

Answer 21

He talks too much. He is greedy and covetous. He is impulsive - he acts without thinking first. He has no self-control.

Question 22

the repetition of beginning sounds; e.g., “the diffident and delaying dog-rose stepped delicately on the stage”

Answer 22

alliteration

Question 23

placidly

Answer 23

calmly

Question 24

a reference to any person, place, or thing (literary, historical, or actual)

Answer 24

allusion

Question 25

a series of actions or related events that move the story forward

Answer 25

plot

Question 26

Describe Pan

Answer 26

“Helper and healer, I cheer - Small waifs in the woodland wet”

Question 27

Describe Badger

Answer 27

serious, unchanging, stern, but kind

Question 28

Name some of Rat’s character qualities

Answer 28

loves to be on the river, poetic, always a faithful friend, observant

Question 29

What clever thing does Mole do in Chapter 11?

Answer 29

He disguises himself as a washerwoman and feeds false information to the stoats, ferrets, and weasels.

Question 30

How does Mole change from the beginning of the story to the end?

Answer 30

He “grows up” and becomes a brave leader.