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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 The Deplorable Word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color of stone has been used to build the old palace in which they find themselves?
(a) White
(b) Grey
(c) Black
(d) Red

2. What color rings are the children wearing when they first jump into the new pool?
(a) Green
(b) Yellow
(c) Polly is wearing a green ring, but Digory is wearing a yellow ring.
(d) They aren't wearing any rings.

3. Which of Polly's hands is the Queen holding?
(a) Her right hand.
(b) Neither hand - Polly is running behind Digory and the Queen.
(c) Her left hand.
(d) Neither hand - the Queen is dragging her by her hair.

4. What season is it when Digory and Polly decide to explore the houses?
(a) Summer
(b) Fall/Autumn
(c) Winter
(d) Spring

5. How is Digory able to read the writing on the pillar?
(a) Magic enables him to understand it.
(b) A voice from the pillar recites the verse.
(c) It is written in English.
(d) The shape of the writing changes so he can read it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Uncle Andrew's godmother?

2. In what city is this story set?

3. What color is the Queen's skin?

4. What did Uncle Andrew find in that box?

5. What is most striking about the last queen, apart from her beauty?

(see the answer key)

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