Chapter 2: The Open Road
1. What is Toad’s house called?
2. Why did Toad give up boating?
3. Toad invites Mole and Rat to go for a ride in the new cart. Toad brags to Mole about “the prospects of the trip and the j_____ of the open life and the roadside.”
4. Why does the Rat agree to the trip even though he wants to stay on the riverbank?
5. They travel far from home, camping overnight. How does Toad respond when a motorcar passes?
6. What does Toad do when they return home?
Chapter 3: The Wild Wood
1. Who is introduced as “an important personage” and “rarely visible” and hates “Society”?
2. How does Mole’s adventure into the woods turn out to be?
3. When Rat awakens from his nap to find Mole gone, how does he respond?
4. Mole and Rat get lost in a s___________, finally finding themselves at the entrance to Badger’s home.
Chapter 4: Mr. Badger
1. Badger welcomes Mole and Rat into his home, feeding and caring for them. Who join them for breakfast?
2. Whom do Badger, Mole and Rat determine to change?
3. Who comes and reports that the river-bankers are concerned about Rat and Mole’s disappearance?
4. Briefly summarize the history of the Wild Wood that Badger teaches Mole.
Chapter 5: Dulce Domum
1. How does Mole realize that he’s near his home?
2. When they reach Moe’s home, how does Mole feel about “the cheerless, deserted look [and] its worn and shabby contents.”?
3. Who comes caroling and entertain Rat and Mole?
4. What does Rat do about Mole’s distress over not having any food to offer?
5. In this chapter, home is shown as the context for h__________. H________ costs the giver and is not always convenient, yet it is a valuable gift. In addition, h________ is not about impressing guests with the best of everything, as Toad tends to do, but is rather about a heart of care and concern for others.
6. How do we know Rat cares for Mole and is a good friend?
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