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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 the Witch do when Edmund tries to interfere with her and the animals she is questioning?

2. Where does Aslan take the girls after he comes back to life?

3. What gift does Father Christmas give to Mrs. Beaver?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons the Witch gives for wanting to kill Edmund?

5. What does Edmund do to the lion in the Witch's courtyard when it does not attack him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Susan and Lucy feel and what do they do when they see Aslan's dead body on the Stone Table?

2. How is Aslan able to come back to life?

3. What does Father Christmas give to the beavers?

4. What causes the Witch to stop her sledge for the first time after leaving her house, and what does she do?

5. What does Father Christmas give to Lucy?

6. What does Father Christmas give to Peter and Susan?

7. What is done to Aslan at the Stone Table when he meets the Witch there at night?

8. How does Edmund feel while he is riding in the sledge with the White Witch?

9. Why does the White Witch decide to kill Edmund as she nears the Stone Table?

10. How do the Pevency siblings feel when they meet Aslan for the first time, and what do they do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the relationship between the Pevency siblings change throughout the course of the plot, and how do these changes affect the characters around them?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Each of the Pevency children had very different characteristics and personalities. What are the defining features of each of the siblings, and how does their individuality affect the course of the plot?

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