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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Aunt Letty doing when Uncle Andrew finds her?
(a) She is drinking tea.
(b) She is mending a matress.
(c) She is doing embroidery.
(d) She is entertaining visitors.

3. When does Polly let go of Digory's hand?
(a) When they enter the Hall of Images
(b) As soon as they arrive in the new world.
(c) When he suggests she is afraid of exploring the ruin.
(d) When Digory strikes the bell.

4. How many policemen are riding in the second hansom cab?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Five
(d) Three

5. What is stopping all the clothes from rotting away?
(a) They are made from indestructible fabrics.
(b) Strong magic spells preserve them.
(c) The chamber has been sealed for centuries.
(d) All the bacteria in that world are dead, as is everything else.

6. What does Aunt Letty fall onto?
(a) The matress she had been mending.
(b) The drawing room sofa.
(c) Bare boards.
(d) The carpet in the sitting room.

7. 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 tie a ribbon to a tree.
(c) They leave their jackets on the edge of it.
(d) They cut out a strip of turf and expose the dirt below.

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

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

10. What would Polly call Aunt Letty?
(a) Miss Ketterley
(b) Mrs Ketterley
(c) Miss Letty
(d) Miss Letitia

11. What expressions are seen on the faces at the beginning of the row of images?
(a) Proud and cruel
(b) Solemn and dignified
(c) Wise and cruel
(d) Kind and wise

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

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

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

15. What interests Polly most about the Hall of Images?
(a) The jewels the figures are wearing.
(b) The clothes the figures are wearing.
(c) The hairstyles of the women in the figures.
(d) The faces of the people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of ring takes you into the Wood between the Worlds?

2. Where does the Ketterley family originate?

3. Who did Jadis fight for the throne?

4. What does Uncle Andrew offer to Polly?

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

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