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

2. Into which pocket does Digory put the green rings?
(a) His left pocket
(b) His right pocket
(c) Both his left and right pockets
(d) His waistcoat pocket

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Digory do before picking up the ring?

2. What is the name of the housemaid?

3. Which piece of scientific equipment is on Uncle Andrew's desk?

4. Where does the Ketterley family originate?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Digory plan to do with his magic rings?

2. What does Aunt Letty believe about Jadis?

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

4. How do the rings actually work for traveling from world to world?

5. Why did Jadis speak the Deplorable Word?

6. What are the first things that Digory sees when he comes out of the pool and how does he react?

7. What does Uncle Andrew do after he leaves his study and why?

8. What do the children quarrel about?

9. Why does Digory wish he was older (or bigger)?

10. What surprises the children when they open the door and leave the tunnel?

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