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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What phrase does Uncle Andrew use to justify his unethical actions?
(a) I am the great scholar, the adept who is doing the experiment.
(b) I will not be talked to like that by a little, dirty schoolboy.
(c) Ours is a high and lonely destiny.
(d) You will keep looking at everything from the wrong point of view.

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

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

5. What does the Cabby tell Jadis to do?
(a) That she is a disgraceful hussy.
(b) To go home until she is sober again.
(c) To stop whipping his horse.
(d) Go home and have a cup of tea and a rest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How wide are the pools?

3. What expected result of being underwater does not happen when using the magic of the pools?

4. What do the children use to see where they are in the tunnel?

5. Which of the following does Digory miss about his old home in the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name three things Jadis does or says that demonstrate her self-centered nature.

2. What crucial piece of knowledge does Digory not know about the Witch?

3. What do they decide to do with the guinea pig and why?

4. What is ironic about the chief policeman's question to Uncle Andrew?

5. What is unusual about the ruins they find themselves in?

6. What possibilities do the children suggest to explain the mysterious yell heard one night by Digory?

7. Why did Uncle Andrew need two children for his "experiment" with the rings?

8. What does Aunt Letty believe about Jadis?

9. Why does Polly start to believe that Uncle Andrew is not mad?

10. Name three ways that Polly's attitude differs from Digory's in this chapter.

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