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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. What disguise does Aravis wear in the Tisroc's palace?

2. Aravis sent a letter to her father. Who supposedly wrote it?

3. Why is Shasta sore when he wakes up?

4. What is a Tarkaan?

5. How do the Narnians plan to escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Aravis run away from home?

2. Why do Aravis and Lasaraleen have so much difficulty understanding each other?

3. What does Shasta find most different about the place where he awakens?

4. What does Aravis realize about Bree and Shasta after spending time with Lasaraleen?

5. Why is Shasta so interested in Sallowpad's description of the different ways across the desert?

6. How does Lasaraleen react when she realizes that the Tisroc is walking towards them?

7. What do the guards notice about the companions when they are passing into the city?

8. What does Shasta do when Bree and Hwin show up?

9. What does Shasta agree to do with Bree?

10. Why did Hwin reveal that she could talk to Aravis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identity is a key theme in The Horse and His Boy. Write an essay that examines how the identities of the characters change in different situations.

Essay Topic 2

In presenting Calormen, C.S. Lewis is contrasting a very different culture to that of Narnia. What are the origins of this world? Write an essay describing the possible inspiration of the Calormen culture.

Essay Topic 3

What is the role of eavesdropping in this story? Write an essay that tracks every time that Shasta or another character overhears or sees something they wouldn't ordinarily know about.

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