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1
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tumultuous

A

noisy

2
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impertinence

A

defiance

3
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subterfuges

A

deceptive strategies

4
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sanguine

A

outgoing

5
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libel

A

unjust defamation of character

6
Q

voluble

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loud and talkative

7
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imperiously

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with authority; in a commanding way

8
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penitence

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sorrow over wrongdoing

9
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placid

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peaceful; calm

10
Q

ignominiously

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in a degrading way

11
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carousing

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partying wildly

12
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incorrigible

A

unable to be reformed

13
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portentous

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overdone; showy

14
Q

“___ all this frosty tide, Let your doors swing open wide …”

A

Villagers

15
Q

“Here we stand in the cold and the sleet, blowing ___ and stamping feet …”

A

fingers

16
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“Raining ___ and benison — Bliss to-morrow and more anon, Joy for every morning.”

A

bliss

17
Q

“___ Joseph toiled through the snow — Saw the star oer a stable low;”

A

Goodman

18
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“And then they heard the angels tell ‘Who were the first to cry ___? ‘ Animals all, as it befell …”

A

Nowell

19
Q

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

A

He learned to stop boasting and be humble.

20
Q

According to Ratty, “There is nothing, absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as simply ___.”

A

messing about in boats

21
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What literary technique is used in the following quote: “So spoke the Badger, not knowing what the future held in store, or how much water, and of how turbid a character, was to run under bridges before Toad should sit at ease again in his ancestral hall.”

A

foreshadowing

22
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After whom in Kenneth Grahame’s world is Toad’s character patterned?

A

Grahame’s son Alistair

23
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At one point in the story, Ratty changes his opinion about something in a significant way. What is it?

A

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

24
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Which characters are most like Kenneth Grahame himself?

A

combination of Ratty, Mole, and Badger

25
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Give an example of personification in The Wind in the Willows?

A

“while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world.”

26
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Give some examples of metaphor in The Wind in the Willows.

A

“Their old haunts greeted them again…”; “the whole mass of the Wild Wood, dense, menacing, compact”

27
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To whom did Toad say, “Save me, only save me … I will confess everything!”

A

The engine driver

28
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What historical period are the following words (describing Toad’s prison) meant to bring to mind? minions, portcullis, casquet and corselet of steel, scaffold, keep

A

The Middle Ages

29
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What was Toad’s epiphany?

A

His life-changing vision of the motor-car

30
Q

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

A

in domesticated, civilized places of tilled field and hedgerow

31
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Name Toad’s character flaws

A

talks too much; greedy and covetous; impulsive - acts without thinking first; lack of self-control

32
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Give an example of alliteration from The Wind in the Willows?

A

“the diffident and delaying dog-rose”

33
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Describe Pan

A

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

34
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Describe Badger

A

serious, unchanging, stern but kind

35
Q

Describe Ratty’s character quality.

A

loves to party

36
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What clever thing does Mole do in Chapter 11?

A

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

37
Q

About whom does Ratty say, “That’s just the sort of fellow he is! Simply hates Society!”

A

Badger

38
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Describe the way Mole changes from the beginning of the story to the end.

A

He “grows up” and becomes a brave leader.