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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. Why wasn't Uncle Andrew able to hear the animals talking?
(a) The evil of his magic had affected him so that he was incapable of hearing this good magic.
(b) He had successfully persuaded himself that this was impossible and they were only making ordinary noises.
(c) He was standing too far away to hear what was going on.
(d) He was too intent on trying to steal the rings that he never noticed they were speaking.

2. What change comes over the smaller animals like rabbits and moles?
(a) Their ears grow longer.
(b) They grow much larger.
(c) They grow slightly smaller.
(d) Their fur changes colour.

3. Which of the following does not happen when the Lion gives the animals the gift of speech and reason?
(a) The earth shakes beneath them.
(b) Something like fire flashes out.
(c) The stars sing again.
(d) The Lion breathes on them.

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

5. Which animal first says that Uncle Andrew is a sort of tree?
(a) The Tapir
(b) The Warthog
(c) The Bulldog
(d) The Bear

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing that the Witch tempts Digory to do?

2. What is the first event the travelers notice in the darkness?

3. What did the animals decide to call Uncle Andrew and why?

4. What gems are used to set the crowns?

5. What would have happened if someone had taken an apple to plant a Tree of Protection without permission?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Uncle Andrew try to steal Digory's green ring?

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

6. What are Pollly and Digory concerned about?

7. What does the Cabby think has happened?

8. What does Digory have to do and why?

9. What happens to the iron bar the Witch tore off the lamp-post?

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

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