Chapter+Five

__**Chapter Five Questions**__

__**1. Why does Alice come close to losing her temper with the Caterpillar?**__ She gets upset because the caterpillar keeps on contradicting her.

__**2. What person from Alice's life does the Caterpillar represent?

3. Read THe Old Man's Comforts by Robert Southey, and compare it to the poem on page 37. How is Carroll's version a parody of the original?

4. What useful information does the Caterpillar give to Alice?**__ The mushroom will change her height depending on what side she eats from.

__**5. Why is the Pigeon upset with Alice?**__ The Pigeon thinks Alice is a serpent out to get the pigeons eggs.

__**6. What's significant about Alice's not being able to say what she is: "But I'm not a serpent, I tell you!... I'm a - I'm a-"?**__ She is not sure of who or what she is.