Read the first half of Chapter 8, "The Queen's Croquet-Ground," and answer the following questions"
1. Why are the gardeners nervous about the Queen's arrival?
2.What is the gardeners' punishment? Is it carried out?
3. Why is the Duchess "under sentence of execution?"
4. What items does one use in a game of croquet? What are they substituted for in Wonderland?
5. How do you think Alice will do at the croquet match? Why?
6. What makes it impossible for the Queen's croquet game to be played fairly?
7. Why does Alice seek to escape the croquet game?
8. Think about the orders the Queen gives and how many of those are carried out. What picture does this paint of the effectiveness of authority in Wonderland?
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