The Queen's Croquet-Ground
by Lewis Carroll from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Chapter VIII Passage: In Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland," Alice meets many curious characters in the strange land she accidentally discovered. The Queen of Hearts is one of those strange characters. In this passage, the Queen has commanded Alice to join a very odd game of croquet. Students will read the passage and answer questions about the Queen's game and the details of the passage.
Reading Comprehension Passage
The Queen's Croquet-Ground
by Lewis Carroll from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Reading Comprehension Questions
Vocabulary List
Vocabulary List
Each of the vocabulary words below are used in the reading passage. As you read the passage, pay attention to context clues that suggest the word’s meaning.
- curious
- chief
- puzzled
- generally
- conclusion
- quarrelling
- uneasy
Context Clues
Context Clues
Using context clues from the sentences in the passage, underline the correct meaning of the word in boldface.
1) “Alice thought she had never seen such a curious croquet-ground in her life…”
a. fun b. imaginative c. confusing d. odd
2) “The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo…”
a. leader b. first c. worst d. main
3) “…it would twist itself round and look up in her face, with such a puzzled expression that she could not help bursting out laughing…”
a. confused b. ashamed c. guilty d. worried
4) “…besides all this, there was generally a ridge or furrow in the way wherever she wanted to send the hedgehog to…”
a. never b. typically c. seasonally d. hardly
5) “Alice soon came to the conclusion that it was a very difficult game indeed.”
a. beginning b. question c. puzzle d. decision
6) “The players all played at once without waiting for turns, quarrelling all the while, and fighting for the hedgehogs…”
a. arguing b. dancing c. pushing d. whining
7) “Alice began to feel very uneasy: to be sure, she had not as yet had any dispute with the Queen, but she knew that it might happen any minute…”
a. sure of herself b. proud c. uncomfortable d. angry