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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 is the first question Aslan asks the Pevency children when they meet him?

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

3. Who does Aslan meet at the Stone Table during the night?

4. What is Edmund thinking about when he leaves the beaver's house?

5. Why does the lion in the Witch's courtyard not attack Edmund?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Edmund want to get from the queen when he reaches her house?

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

3. What does Father Christmas give to Lucy?

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

5. What does Aslan tell Peter after he has spoken with the White Witch?

6. What does Aslan do when he gets to the Witch's house, and why?

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

8. What does Edmund see in the courtyard of the Witch's house, and what does he do?

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

10. How does Edmund's journey to the Witch's house go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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