The Wind in the Willows Quizzes

The Wind in the Willows Quiz 1

By Jessica LeAnne Jones · Edited by S.R. Cedars · Last reviewed August 25, 2014

1 What is Mole doing at the novel's opening?

reading

cooking

spring cleaning

counting money
2 What animals try to charge Mole a toll?

rabbits

crows

voles

weasels
3 How much do the animals demand as a toll in Chapter 1?

fifty pence

one shilling

sixpence

a pound
4 What kind of animal does Mole initially think Rat is?

a piece of tin

a rock

a mouse

a glow-worm
5 What kind of rat is Rat?

earth

water

city

alley
6 Where does Badger live?

in the City

beside the River

in the Wild Wood

beneath Toad Hall
7 What animal joins Rat and Mole's picnic in Chapter 1?

Otter

Badger

Toad

Sea Rat
8 What animal rustles in the bushes during Rat and Mole's picnic?

Badger

Toad

Portly

Chief Weasel
9 In Chapter 1, Toad has recently given up on:

riverdancing

sailing

punting

houseboating
10 Otter leaves the picnic to chase:

sandflies

mayflies

horseflies

dragonflies
11 Rat invents a song about:

tadpoles

geese

ducks

trout
12 Where does Toad keep all his old boats?

in the water

in the back yard

in the boat-house

in the front lawn
13 What is Toad looking at when Rat and Mole first arrive at Toad Hall?

a large map

a bundle of postcards

a book of poetry

a thick novel
14 Toad's caravan is what color?

apple red

canary yellow

grass green

sky blue
15 Who is most excited about joining Toad on the open road?

Mole

Badger

Otter

Rat
16 Who is least excited about joining Toad on the open road?

Rat

Mole

Otter

Badger
17 What color is the horse that pulls the caravan?

black

white

gray

brown
18 What sound does the motorcar make?

vroom-vroom

poop-poop

beep-beep

bang-bang
19 The motorcar's hum resembles:

a cat's purr

a lion's roar

a bee's buzz

a hummingbird's wings
20 How many days after the caravan accident does Toad wait before buying his own motorcar?

two

one

three

four
21 What does Badger hate?

tea

water

society

sewing
22 During what season does Mole venture into the Wild Woods?

summer

spring

winter

fall
23 What is Rat doing when Mole sneaks out to the Wild Wood?

writing poetry and sleeping

cooking and cleaning

reading and writing

painting portraits and sleeping
24 What does Mole see in the shadows of the Wild Wood?

crawling bugs

eerie faces

long claws

twisted branches
25 What sound does Mole hear in the Wild Wood?

creaking of trees

pattering of feet

screeching of birds

howling of wolves

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