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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Mrs Lefay shut up?
(a) In an attic
(b) In prison
(c) In a nunnery
(d) In an asylum

2. Which of the following does Jadis not suggest as a means of transport?
(a) A chariot
(b) A tame dragon
(c) A golden coach
(d) A flying carpet

3. 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.

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

5. What is Uncle Andrew's characteristic gesture or habit while speaking?
(a) Drumming his fingers on the tabletop
(b) Rubbing his hands and making his knuckles crack
(c) Stroking his chin
(d) Running his hands through his rumpled gray hair

6. What happens when they jump into the pools wearing the wrong rings?
(a) The trees hiss and roar in a high wind.
(b) They get their feet wet.
(c) They sink in water up to their necks.
(d) The surface of the water freezes over.

7. What is the name of the city?
(a) Charn
(b) Charybdis
(c) Charmaine
(d) Champignon

8. Which piece of scientific equipment is on Uncle Andrew's desk?
(a) A microscope
(b) A telescope
(c) A bunsen burner
(d) An alembic

9. What color are the rings
(a) Green and yellow
(b) Black and white
(c) Green and blue
(d) Red and yellow

10. What did Uncle Andrew find in that box?
(a) Dust
(b) Guinea pigs
(c) An ancient parchement
(d) The magic rings

11. What is distinctive about the doors leading into the Hall of Images?
(a) They are made of a mysterious black metal.
(b) They look as though they are made of gold.
(c) They have magical writing carved into the wood.
(d) They are studded with precious gems.

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

13. How does Jadis get dragged from her world to the Wood?
(a) She is holding Digory's hand.
(b) She is holding onto Polly's hair.
(c) She uses her magic powers to follow the children.
(d) She is holding onto Polly's hand.

14. What happens to Jadis when she is in the Wood Between the Worlds?
(a) She becomes pale, faint and terrified.
(b) She becomes calm and drowsy.
(c) She becomes sick and starts vomiting.
(d) She becomes furious and her strength doubles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the sun in that world?

2. What color rings are the children wearing when they first jump into the new pool?

3. When does Polly let go of Digory's hand?

4. How many nobles did the Queen's great-grandfather kill in the banqueting hall?

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

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