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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Across the Desert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Aravis and Lasaraleen know that the Tisroc is heading towards them?
(a) They hear him shouting at a slave.
(b) They hear horns announcing his entrance.
(c) They see two slaves walking backwards.
(d) They recognize the Tisroc's face.

2. What does Bree ask Aravis to do once they have stopped to rest?
(a) To share her food with Shasta
(b) To tell her story about running away
(c) To write a letter for him to his master
(d) To buy some better clothes for Shasta

3. What does King Edmund ask Queen Susan?
(a) Why she wanted to come to Calormen so badly.
(b) How she managed to lose Prince Corin.
(c) Whether she is ready to go back to Narnia.
(d) Whether or not she wants to marry Prince Rabadash.

4. Why did Shasta laugh at Bree?
(a) Bree's face looked funny when he was scared.
(b) Bree looked funny rolling on his back.
(c) Shasta thought Bree's accent was humorous.
(d) Bree made a joke about the Calormene.

5. What is the signal for the gates to open?
(a) A messenger arrives with word from the Tisroc
(b) A flag is raised from the Tisroc's palace
(c) Horns are blown right after the sun rises
(d) Twenty guards appear at the gates

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the context of this chapter, is a punt?

2. Why does Aravis have to wait until the next night to leave the city?

3. What did Shasta know about traveling across the desert?

4. What landmark did Shasta use to guide them through the desert?

5. What does Queen Susan want to do?

(see the answer key)

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