The Magician's Nephew Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 176 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Magician's Nephew Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 176 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Jadis fight for the throne?

2. What does Aunt Letty fall onto?

3. Where is Digory's father?

4. What season is it when Digory and Polly decide to explore the houses?

5. What emotion does the Queen show when she realizes the palace is breaking up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Digory plan to do with his magic rings?

2. Why does Aunt Letty give Uncle Andrew such a tart reply when he asks to borrow some money from her?

3. What does Aunt Letty believe about Jadis?

4. Name three ways that Polly's attitude differs from Digory's in this chapter.

5. What is ironic about the chief policeman's question to Uncle Andrew?

6. Why is Digory crying when Polly first meets him?

7. What do they decide to do with the guinea pig and why?

8. From the expressions on the faces of the images, what can be deduced about the history of the place they have found themselves in?

9. Why is the Wood like the tunnel that the children had explored in the houses?

10. Why did Jadis speak the Deplorable Word?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The mountain garden where Digory takes the Apple of Life from is intended to represent or be the Narnian equivalent of the Garden of Eden. Describe the mountain garden in your own words, and explain what it does and does not have in common with the mythical Garden of Eden.

(Note: if appropriate, another mythological or legendary garden can be substituted for the Garden of Eden).

Essay Topic 2

Compare Digory's house in London at the start of the book and what it is like at the end. How has the house changed? Consider physical changes, and also symbolic changes with respect to the theme of Life versus Death.

Part 1: Describe Digory's house at the beginning of the novel.

Part 2: Describe how Digory's house changes by the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Problems and overcoming problems are very important to create plot tension. Describe one problem faced by a character in The Magician's Nephew and explain how this problem is overcome.

(see the answer keys)

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