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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 does Shasta find in the glade?

2. How does Aslan leave?

3. What does Bree say that it means when Aslan is described as a lion?

4. Why did the Lion wound Aravis?

5. What do the giants put on before the fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Centaur say about Prince Cor?

2. What does Shasta tell King Edmund?

3. How is Bree changed from the way he was at the beginning of the story?

4. What does Prince Corin persuade Shasta to do?

5. How long did it take for the companions to journey from the Tombs to the valley?

6. How does Shasta convince himself that he didn't dream about the Lion?

7. Why is Bree so sure that Prince Rabadash hasn't left for Archenland yet?

8. What is the strangest thing about the Hermit?

9. What do the companions realize when they see Prince Rabadash's army behind them?

10. Why is the Tisroc reluctant to send his army to Narnia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Critics of the Chronicles of Narnia point out that they often illustrate allegories of Christian mythology. Write an essay addressing the similarities between this story and Christian gospel.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay comparing the character and adventures of Shasta with one of the following mythic/fantasy heroes:

a) Luke Skywalker

b) Harry Potter

c) Hercules

d) Frodo Baggins

e) Dorothy Gale

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