Question

1. At this moment, Five, who had been anxiously looking across the garden, called out ‘The Queen! The Queen!’ and the three gardeners instantly threw themselves flat upon their faces. There was a sound of many footsteps, and Alice looked round, eager to see the Queen.
2. First came ten soldiers carrying clubs; these were all shaped like the three gardeners, oblong and flat, with their hands and feet at the comers: next the ten courtiers; these were ornamented all over with diamonds, and walked two and two, as the soldiers did. After these came the royal children; there were ten of them, and the little dears came jumping merrily along hand in hand, in couples: they were all ornamented with hearts. Next came the guests, mostly Kings and Queens, and among -Them Alice recognized the White Rabbit: it was talking in a hurried nervous manner, smiling at everything that was said, and went by without noticing her. Then followed the Knave of Hearts, carrying the King’s crown on a crimson velvet cushion; and, last of all this grand procession, came the King and the Queen of Hearts.

3. When the procession came opposite to Alice, they all stopped and looked at her, and the Queen said severely ‘Who is this?’ She said it to the Knave of Hearts, who only bowed and smiled in reply.
4. ‘Idiot! ’ said the Queen, tossing her head impatiently; and, turning to Alice, she went on, ‘What’s your name, child?’
5. ‘My name is Alice, so please your Majesty,’ said Alice very politely; but she added, to herself, ‘Why, they’re only a pack of cards, after all. I needn’t be afraid of them! ’
6. ‘That’s right! ’ shouted the Queen. ‘Can you play croquet?’
7. The soldiers were silent, and looked at Alice, as the question was evidently meant for her.
8. ‘Yes!’shouted Alice.
9. ‘Come on, then! ’ roared the Queen, and Alice joined the procession, wondering very much what would happen next.
10. ‘Get to your places! ’ shouted the Queen in a voice of thunder, and people began running about in all directions, tumbling up against each other; however, they got settled down in a minute or two, and the . game began. Alice thought she had never seen such a curious croquet-ground in her life; it was all ridges and furrows; the balls were live hedgehogs, the mallets live flamingos, and the soldiers had to double themselves up and to stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches.
11. The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo, she succeeded in getting its body tucked away, comfortably enough, under her arm, with its legs hanging down, but generally, just as she had got its neck nicely straightened out, and was going to give the hedgehog a blow with its head, it would twist itself round and look up in her face, with such a puzzled expression that she could not help bursting out laughing and when she had got its head down, and was going to begin again, it was very provoking to find that the hedgehog had unrolled itself, and was in the act of crawling away: besides all this, there was generally a ridge or furrow in the way wherever she wanted to send the hedgehog to, and, as the doubled-up soldiers were always getting up and walking off to other parts of the ground, Alice soon came to the conclusion that it was a very difficult game indeed.
-Adapted from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
1.1 On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions.
(a) Why did the gardeners throw themselves flat upon their faces? ……………………………………………… .
(b) Who did the Queen’s procession consist of? ……………………………………………… .
(c) Why did Alice decide that she had nothing to fear from the Queen or the other members of the procession? ……………………………………………… .
(d) Why was the game of croquet played by Alice different from a normal game of croquet? ……………………………………………… .
(e) Why did Alice find the game very difficult to play? ……………………………………………… .
(a) The first ten soldiers came carrying ……………………………………………… .
(b) The croquet ground was a curious one because ………………………………………………. and ……………………………………………… .

Answer 1

Answer:

gardeners throw themselves flat upon their faces? ……………………………………………… .

(b) Who did the Queen’s procession consist of? ……………………………………………… .

(c) Why did Alice decide that she had nothing to fear from the Queen or the other members of the procession? ……………………………………………… .

(d) Why

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