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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. Which of the following does Polly not keep in the "smugglers' cave"?
(a) A store of toffee
(b) Ginger beer
(c) Apples
(d) A story she is writing

2. What phrase best describes the palace in which they find themselves?
(a) Bleak, dead and desolate
(b) Majestic, terrifying and awe-inspiring
(c) Secret, lonely and mysterious
(d) Cold, boring and stuffy

3. What do the children use to see where they are in the tunnel?
(a) Nothing - they feel their way in the dark
(b) Flashlights
(c) Candles
(d) Lanterns

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

5. What emotion does the Queen show when she realizes the palace is breaking up?
(a) She thinks it is funny.
(b) She is furious.
(c) None - she is completely calm.
(d) She is afraid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the sun in that world?

2. What would Polly call Aunt Letty?

3. What color of stone has been used to build the old palace in which they find themselves?

4. How wide are the pools?

5. How do the children mark the pool leading back into our world?

(see the answer key)

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