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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 happens to the Lion's footprint?

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

3. What does Shasta do after he eats breakfast with the dwarves?

4. Why are the eagles circling overhead?

5. The dwarves feed Shasta food he's never seen before. What is it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shasta tell King Edmund?

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

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

4. Why does King Lune refuse to let Prince Rabadash duel King Edmund?

5. Why did Aslan injure Aravis?

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

7. Why does Prince Corin get angry with Thornbut?

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

9. What does the lion do to Aravis?

10. What decision does Shasta make after the Calormene army passes him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that examines the tone and voice of the author. How is it different or similar to other fantasy stories? Does it draw the reader into the story, or keep them at a distance. Use examples from the book to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay tracking the use of foreshadowing in this book. List the clues that foreshadow later events and explain how they help the reader understand what follows afterward.

Essay Topic 3

Research and write an essay placing this book into the entire Chronicles of Narnia series. What is most unique about this book? What function does it serve within the series?

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