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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. Which direction does Digory think the song in the darkness comes from?

2. What does Aslan ask Digory to tell the other councilors?

3. Which season did the Cabby find the most unpleasant for him to work in?

4. What is the name of the Cabby's wife?

5. What color are the apples that Digory has to pick?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the song affect the characters?

2. Why do the animals not know what Uncle Andrew is?

3. What disturbs Fledge and the children at night?

4. What things show that the place they have come to is a new world that is just beginning?

5. What does Strawberry the horse remember about his old life in London?

6. What signs show that some magic is being worked on the animals chosen by the Lion?

7. What happens to the iron bar the Witch tore off the lamp-post?

8. Why is Uncle Andrew so frightened?

9. Which animals and creatures does Aslan call apart and why?

10. What does the Lion do that Digory does not expect?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Cabby is chosen to be the first King of Narnia. What aspects of his character will make him a good king? In your answer, refer to some examples other than the scene in Chapter 11 where Aslan questions the Cabby.

Essay Topic 2

The Magician's Nephew has, as one of its key themes, the antithesis between life and death/destruction. Describe two or three ways that theme is illustrated in The Magician's Nephew. Which force is shown to predominate?

Essay Topic 3

Victorian London is one of several settings in The Magician's Nephew and is the most familiar. Describe this setting, and compare and contrast it with two of the other settings (listed below).

Part 1: Describe Victorian London as it appears in The Magician's Nephew.

Part 2: Compare and contrast Victorian London with one of the other settings in this book.

Part 3: Compare and contrast Victorian London with another of the settings in this book.

Choose two of the following:

The Wood Between the Worlds

Charn

Narnia

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