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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 Peter help the beaver do when they reach the beaver's house?

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

3. What is the name of the second oldest sibling?

4. What is the name of the oldest sibling?

5. What is the first question that Edmund is asked when he first enters Narnia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Lucy's siblings respond when she tells them about her trip to Narnia?

3. What do Peter and Susan decide to do after hearing Lucy talk about Narnia?

4. What does Lucy say she is happy about when she sees Edmund in Narnia for the first time?

5. Why does Edmund first enter the wardrobe, and what happens?

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

7. What does the man that Lucy meets in the woods inside the wardrobe look like?

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

9. What does Edmund do when he is asked about his first trip to Narnia?

10. Who is in charge of Narnia at the beginning of the book, and what does she do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens at the Stone Table, and what significance does this have on the plot? Who is involved in the scene there, and what does this monumental event symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

What gifts are given to the characters by Father Christmas, and what do those gifts say about the receivers? How do those gifts affect the outcome of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Tumnus was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

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