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1. Discuss the following questions.

1) How did Dorothy come to the strange land of the Munchkins? Where did she come from?

2) Why was Dorothy loved and respected by the Munchkins?

3) What place did Dorothy want to visit?

4) What help did Dorothy want to seek from the Great Oz?

5) What did the Scarecrow want from the Great Oz?

2. Tell whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1) Dorothy was actually a little witch. ( )

2) The Munchkins were once under the bondage of the Witch of the East. ( )

3) The Witch of the East gave Dorothy a pair of silver shoes as a gift. ( )

4) Blue was the favorite color of the Munchkins. ( )

5) It would be a very easy and smooth journey to get to the Emerald City. ( )

3. Arrange the following storylines in the correct chronological order.

1) Dorothy accidentally killed the Witch of the East.

2) Dorothy saved the Scarecrow and welcomed him as a new companion.

3) Dorothy started her journey together with Toto for the Emerald City.

4) Dorothy was invited by Boq to supper and to pass the night with his family.

5) Dorothy and Toto was brought to the strange land of the Munchkins by a cyclone. Here is the right order: ___________________________________

4. Fill in the blanks according to the story and complete the summary of the story. Journey to the “Emerald City”

Dorothy is an orphan raised by her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em in the bleak landscape of a 1) farm. She has a little black dog 2) , who is her sole source of happiness. One day the farmhouse, with Dorothy and Toto inside, is caught up in a 3) and deposited in a field in 4) Country in the Land of Oz. The falling house kills the ruler of the Munchkins, the Wicked 5) of the East.

The Good Witch of the North comes with the Munchkins to greet Dorothy and gives Dorothy the silver 6) that the Wicked Witch of the East had been wearing when she was killed. In order to return to Kansas, the Good Witch of the North tells Dorothy that she will have to go to the “Emerald City” and ask the 7) of Oz to help her.