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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 kind of a creature is Aslan?

2. Who steps forward first to greet Aslan?

3. Who do the Pevency children think is making the noise that wakes them up while they are sleeping in the hiding place?

4. What gift does Father Christmas give to Susan?

5. What does Edmund ask the Witch for while he is at her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Witch plan to kill Edmund, and how is Edmund rescued?

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

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

4. What happens when Susan blows her horn for the first time?

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

6. What causes the Witch's sledge to stop moving all together, and what does she plan to do after that?

7. What does Aslan tell Peter, Susan, and Lucy when they see that Edmund has been rescued?

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

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

10. What do the beavers insist on doing before they leave their house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aslan and the White Witch were both very dynamic leaders in this book with strong followings. What are the differences in the two styles of leadership, and how do these differences affect their characters, their followers, and their roles in the plot?

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

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?

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