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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. How is Digory able to read the writing on the pillar?
(a) The shape of the writing changes so he can read it.
(b) A voice from the pillar recites the verse.
(c) It is written in English.
(d) Magic enables him to understand it.

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

3. What color are the doors that the Queen blasts?
(a) White
(b) Gold
(c) Black
(d) Red

4. Which of the following does Digory miss about his old home in the country?
(a) Fruit trees in the garden
(b) Fresh air and quiet
(c) A pet guinea pig
(d) Owning a pony

5. In what city is this story set?
(a) York
(b) New York
(c) London
(d) Manchester

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the river in Charn during the battle?

2. How does Jadis get dragged from the Wood into our world?

3. Which of the following does Polly not keep in the "smugglers' cave"?

4. What did Uncle Andrew find in that box?

5. Which of the following did not happen to the guinea pigs that Uncle Andrew used for his experiments?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the children quarrel about?

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

3. What makes the children lose their fear of Uncle Andrew?

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

5. What does Aunt Letty believe about Jadis?

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

7. How can Jadis travel out of her world even though she is not wearing a magic ring?

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

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

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

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