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

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. What color is the sky in the new world?
(a) Streaks of yellow, blue and red
(b) Light blue
(c) Red
(d) A blue that is almost black.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Uncle Andrew's godmother?

2. Which other classic children's book is not mentioned or referred to in this chapter?

3. What spells or curses would Jadis cast on Andrew if he disobeys or betrays her?

4. What does Uncle Andrew keep hidden in his wardrobe?

5. Where was Mrs Lefay shut up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the Wood like the tunnel that the children had explored in the houses?

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

4. Why is Digory crying when Polly first meets him?

5. What do the children quarrel about?

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

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

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

9. What does Aunt Letty believe about Jadis?

10. Why does Jadis want to travel to our world?

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