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The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adventures (the washerwoman's dress)

Tests: 4 of 15 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 53 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★ · right ✓

Kai from London: «Toad was bare happy to dress as a washerwoman from the start.» (bare = very) Put it right.

  • 1. At first he was offended; Mr. Toad of Toad Hall in a dress! — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. At first he was deeply offended, and very angry at the idea of being dressed up as a washerwoman in a frock — no support
  • 3. At first he refused in a rage, because a grand Toad of Toad Hall in a dress would be a shameful disgrace to his name — no support
  • 4. At first he was pleased to dress up as a washerwoman — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

«The aunt was wicked angry and fought Toad for her dress.» (wicked = really) Put it right.

  • 1. She agreed for gold and asked to be tied up and gagged, as if she had been attacked by a strong robber — score 4
  • 2. She refused the gold and gave him the dress for free — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 3. She agreed for gold, and asked to be tied up as a pretend — ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. She sold her dress for gold at once, and asked the girl to tie her up in the corner of the cell as a pretend prisoner — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 53, line 2: «Her plan: the aunt does the prisoners' washing, taking it out on Monday morning and bringing it back on Friday evening; if Toad pays her well, she will give hi…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+3); the same doer «toad» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which is TRUE about the plan?

  • 1. It was the girl's idea, and her aunt agreed for money — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. It was the girl's idea, and the aunt agreed to it only for money, though Toad still had to pay her — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 3. The aunt thought of it and Toad paid the girl — no support
  • 4. Toad planned it, and the aunt was forced into it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 4: «They walk five or six miles to the nearest town, Toad trailing after them, thanking the Rat for bringing him on the trip where he saw that «swan, that sunbeam,…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+3); the same thing acted on «toad» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

What does Toad's rude joke about aunts show about him?

  • 1. He looks down on working people, an old snobbish idea — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 2. He looks down on working people, which is an old snobbish idea that the book uses to show his foolishness — score 7
  • 3. He has a low opinion of working people, and it shows how proud he is of his own rank and wealth — score 7
  • 4. He is proud of his noble family and rich relations — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 31, line 3: «Next morning Toad sleeps and sleeps, while the Rat and the Mole do all the work, the Mole walking miles for milk and eggs Toad forgot. Toad strolls out fresh a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «work» (+4); the same doer «toad» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Rhys from Swansea, tamping (furious): «that girl's horrible, she shouts at Toad!» (tamping = furious) What's fairer?

  • 1. She is clever and sharp, though she does shout; but Toad is so proud and rude that anyone would lose patience with him — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 2. She is kind and clever; she snaps only because Toad is rude and proud — ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 3. She is a bit sharp, but she is only trying to help Toad — no support
  • 4. She is kind and clever, and she only snaps at Toad because he has been rude and proud to her and the others — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 53, line 3: «Toad is offended — Mr. Toad of Toad Hall, dressed as a washerwoman! — but when the girl snaps that he can stay in prison as a Toad, he admits he has been proud…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

«Proper job, Toad, you're humble now for ever.» (proper job = well done) Is that likely, from what we know of him?

  • 1. No: he admits he was wrong, but his pride always comes back — ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 2. Yes, he will be humble for ever after this, since he has seen the trouble his pride caused him in prison — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 3. Yes, he has learned his lesson for good now — score 4
  • 4. No: he admits he was wrong for a moment, but his pride always comes back as soon as he feels safe — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 38, line 7: «The trouble: Toad «will insist on driving himself, and he's hopelessly incapable» (incapable = not able to do it). He thinks he is «a heaven-born driver» whom…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+5); the same thing acted on «trouble» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if Toad lost his temper with the joking guards?

  • 1. They might recognise his voice, hear his real name, and then the whole escape would fail, and he would be caught — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 2. They would let him out at once — no support
  • 3. They would lock him up for a longer time — score 3
  • 4. They might see he wasn't the washerwoman and catch him — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 28, line 10: «The Mole «missed the surface altogether»; he grabbed the side of the boat, «and the next moment—Sploosh! Over went the boat».», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mole» (+5); the same action «grab» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

«Toad's got rizz, the guards all love him.» (rizz = charm) Why are the guards really so friendly?

  • 1. They have no idea he is Toad, so they treat him as the washerwoman they have always known for years — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 2. They think he is the washerwoman they all know — ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 3. They think he is the washerwoman they all know well, and that is why they tease and joke with him so freely — score 4
  • 4. They enjoy his tales of Toad Hall and motor-cars — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 52, line 7: «Toad wails: «This is the end of everything ... at least it is the end of the career of Toad, which is the same thing»: to him, his own troubles are the end of…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «same thing» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «toad» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why does the book say Toad felt «a little humbled»?

  • 1. His welcome was really meant for the washerwoman, who was known to all the guards, and not for Toad himself — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 2. The guards greeted him warmly, but the welcome really belonged to the washerwoman, not to a rich Toad from the Hall — score 1
  • 3. The guards did not care what he had done — no support
  • 4. His welcome was really the washerwoman's, not his own — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 53, line 20: «Toad felt «a little humbled», because all the friendly greetings were really meant for the washerwoman, not for him.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter VI, how did Toad get out of his bedroom?

  • 1. He tied together all the sheets and blankets, and let himself down from the tall Tudor window at night — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 2. He knotted the sheets together and slid down from the old Tudor window while the household was asleep — score 6
  • 3. He knotted the sheets and slid down from the Tudor window — ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 4. He tore the sheets and climbed out the back door — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 47, line 3: «A lawyer! The Rat is alarmed — Toad must be really ill. He decides to be on the safe side, carefully locks the door, and runs off to the village. The moment th…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tie» (+4); the same doer «toad» (+2); the same thing acted on «bed sheets» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Looking back: Rat said in chapter II that Toad «may be both boastful and conceited», but has «great qualities». Which good quality shows here?

  • 1. Honest Toad is ready to admit himself in the wrong — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. He is very brave — no support
  • 3. Toad is clever at planning and never gives up — no support
  • 4. Toad is kind to the girl and her aunt — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 47, line 8: «The Rat «incautiously» (carelessly) tells Toad that the Mole and the Badger «will be out till luncheon time» — so Toad knows he'll be alone with the Rat.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «mole» (+1); the same thing acted on (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: who said in chapter VI, «It's for your own good, Toady, you know» as Toad was hauled upstairs?

  • 1. The gaoler — score 2
  • 2. The Rat — ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 3. The Badger, who had warned Toad about this very thing — ← Mova's choice · score 9
  • 4. The Badger — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 31, line 15: «When made to do his share, Toad «was by no means so rapturous about the simplicity of the primitive life» and «attempted to resume his place in his bunk, whenc…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «toad» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: at the start of chapter VIII, Toad called his friends wise and clever. Has he stopped boasting by now?

  • 1. Yes, he has learned humility now — score 0
  • 2. No: he still boasts about his own clever plans — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 3. No: with a little comfort his pride is back, as with the figure joke — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Yes, completely — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 31, line 2: «That night, on a lonely common under the stars, Toad boasts: «This is the real life for a gentleman! Talk about your old river!» The Rat says quietly that he d…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «boast» (+2); the same doer «toad» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ The washing goes out on Monday morning and comes back on Friday evening. Not counting Monday and Friday, for how many whole days is it away?

  • 1. Four — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Four whole days and nights, counting Thursday night — no support
  • 3. Three — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Five — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · right ✓

★★★ Careful: who is gagged and bound in the cell when Toad leaves?

  • 1. The washerwoman aunt — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. A warder from the yard — no support
  • 3. The gaoler — no support
  • 4. The gaoler's young daughter — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the means of escape proposed to the prisoner by the gaoler's daughter.

  • 1. Hiding in the laundry basket — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The assumption of the dress and character of the castle washerwoman — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Dressing as the cook's helper and walking out — no support
  • 4. The taking on of the dress and manner of the castle washerwoman, so as to pass out of the gate — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the consideration in return for which the washerwoman surrendered her garments.

  • 1. A handsome payment in gold sovereigns, together with a new shawl and a promise of continued employment — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. A sum of banknotes, counted out in the corridor — no support
  • 3. A substantial sum in gold sovereigns, which was placed openly upon the table where she could see them clearly — no support
  • 4. A sum in gold sovereigns, placed upon the table in full view — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

State the stipulation made by the washerwoman in respect of the arrangement.

  • 1. That she should be gagged, bound and deposited in a corner — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. That she be paid double — no support
  • 3. That she be locked in the cellar — no support
  • 4. That she should be left tied up in the outer hall — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the prisoner's passage through the castle?

  • 1. He was never seen by any warder — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. He was subjected to chaff by the warders, to which he replied without losing his temper — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. He was locked up in the cellar all day — no support
  • 4. The warders teased him, and he answered them rudely and loudly — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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