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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made Uncle Andrew's hair turn gray?
(a) Touching the magical dust
(b) Old age
(c) A period of ill health
(d) Unpleasant experiences while learning magic

2. What does Uncle Andrew offer to Polly?
(a) A book
(b) A green ring
(c) A yellow ring
(d) A fountain pen

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

4. What smell does Digory notice while he is waiting?
(a) Smoke
(b) Boiled cabbage
(c) Mutton
(d) Bacon

5. What feature of London do the children see while traveling back using the green rings?
(a) St Paul's Cathedral
(b) Big Ben
(c) The Tower of London
(d) Buckingham Palace

6. Where does the Ketterley family originate?
(a) Shropshire
(b) Dorsetshire
(c) Yorkshire
(d) Buckinghamshire

7. What was the name of Uncle Andrew's godmother?
(a) Mrs Leaf
(b) Morgana Le Fay
(c) Mrs Lefay
(d) Miss Lefay

8. How do the children mark the pool leading back into our world?
(a) Digory cuts a cross into the bark of the nearest tree.
(b) They cut out a strip of turf and expose the dirt below.
(c) They tie a ribbon to a tree.
(d) They leave their jackets on the edge of it.

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

10. How many nobles did the Queen's great-grandfather kill in the banqueting hall?
(a) Seventy
(b) One hundred
(c) Seven hundred
(d) Seven

11. From where did the box that Andrew took from Mrs Lefay come?
(a) Babylon
(b) Rome
(c) Byzantium
(d) Atlantis

12. What form of transport does Uncle Andrew order for the Witch and himself?
(a) A governess cart
(b) A coach and four
(c) A gig
(d) A hansom cab

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

14. How wide are the pools?
(a) Ten feet from edge to edge.
(b) Twenty feet from edge to edge.
(c) Ten yards from edge to edge.
(d) Ten feet in radius.

15. How does Jadis think that Uncle Andrew has seen her face?
(a) In a magic mirror or enchanted pool
(b) In a book or great queens
(c) In a crystal ball
(d) In a dream or vision

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jadis learn the Deplorable Word?

2. What is the name of the housemaid?

3. What is stopping all the clothes from rotting away?

4. Which possible fate does Uncle Andrew not suggest may happen to Polly if Digory does not go to rescue her?

5. Why does Jadis study Uncle Andrew's face?

(see the answer keys)

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