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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 is the Witch's mistake when she is trying to tempt Digory to abandon his quest?
(a) She suggests that he should cover up the truth by leaving Polly behind.
(b) She says that Aslan is a wild animal.
(c) She accuses Digory of being cruel and pitiless.
(d) She tells Digory to do something that Digory's mother would disapprove of.

2. Why does Digory want to speak to Aslan?
(a) He wants to apologize to Aslan about bringing the Witch into the world.
(b) He wants to ask Aslan to make Uncle Andrew give up magic.
(c) He wants Aslan to send them home again.
(d) He wants to ask for something to cure his mother.

3. What does the Cabby think has happened to them?
(a) He thinks they have fallen down a mineshaft.
(b) He thinks that they have died.
(c) He knows that they are traveling by magic.
(d) He thinks they have fallen down some diggings for the London Underground.

4. Why did the Cabby live in London?
(a) He could find work there, but not in the countryside where he grew up.
(b) He moved there because that is where his wife's family lives.
(c) He wanted to sing in the choir of St Paul's Cathedral.
(d) He was a Cockney born and bred and didn't want to leave London ever.

5. How many toffees does Polly have in her pocket?
(a) Nine
(b) Seven
(c) We are not told
(d) Ten

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the animals chase Uncle Andrew?

2. What distinctive piece of clothing does the Cabby wear?

3. Where is the Witch living now?

4. Which of the following flowers are not growing close to where they are standing?

5. What color are the apples that Digory has to pick?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Strawberry the horse remember about his old life in London?

2. Why does Digory suggest that Polly use her ring to go home?

3. Explain the first joke in your own words.

4. What things show that the place they have come to is a new world that is just beginning?

5. What arguments are put forward by the animals regarding which way up Uncle Andrew ought to be planted?

6. What will happen to the Witch now that she has eaten an apple?

7. How does the song affect the characters?

8. Why does Digory want to talk to the Lion?

9. What does the author suggest that Polly did at the river?

10. What does the Lion do that Digory does not expect?

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