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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 do the children like most about living at the house they are sent to live in at the beginning of the book?

2. Who is the first person in Narnia to speak to Edmund?

3. How does Peter react when he hears the name of the creature he is being taken to meet with?

4. How do the children decide to keep warm while they are in Narnia together?

5. Who are the Pevency children sent to live with at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Professor tell Susan and Peter when they talk to him about Lucy?

2. What makes Lucy the most miserable after her first trip to Narnia?

3. What does Lucy do when Edmund is asked about his first trip to Narnia?

4. Why does the beaver tell the Pevency children that they must leave his house just after they eat their dinner?

5. What do Peter and Susan do when they enter Narnia for the first time?

6. How do the Pevency children stay warm while they are in Narnia together, and how do they look?

7. What is Mr. Tumnus arrested for and how does Lucy discover this?

8. What does Lucy like most about being inside the wardrobe when she first enters it?

9. Who does Edmund meet when he first enters Narnia, and what does he say to them?

10. How do the Pevency children respond when they first hear Aslan's name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who are the characters most affected by this theme, and how do they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Power and greed were two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might C.S. Lewis have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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