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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 do Digory and Polly see to the south from the air?
(a) The sea
(b) Jagged mountains
(c) Sand
(d) Moorland

2. What did the animals decide to call Uncle Andrew and why?
(a) They called him Brainless because he seemed so stupid.
(b) They called him Neevil, because that is what they thought Aslan had called him.
(c) They called him Brandy because he made that noise so often.
(d) They called him Brandy because this is what he smelt like.

3. How far away is the Lion from Digory and the others?
(a) Three hundred feet
(b) Thirty yards
(c) Three hundred yards
(d) Three yards

4. Which of the following does Digory not see when he realizes the Witch has eaten an apple?
(a) He sees that her skin has turned deadly white.
(b) He sees the juice around her mouth.
(c) He sees her taking the last bite of the apple.
(d) He sees her throwing away the core.

5. Which of the following coins does not fall out of Uncle Andrew's pocket?
(a) A sixpence
(b) A penny
(c) A half-sovereign
(d) A half-crown

Short Answer Questions

1. How many toffees does Polly have in her pocket?

2. Which ring does Uncle Andrew try to steal from Digory?

3. What change comes over the smaller animals like rabbits and moles?

4. What sort of tree suddenly springs up close to Digory?

5. What is the Witch's mistake when she is trying to tempt Digory to abandon his quest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect does arriving in the Wood Between the Worlds have on the characters?

2. What signs show that some magic is being worked on the animals chosen by the Lion?

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

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

5. In what way is the treatment of Uncle Andrew an example of poetic justice?

6. What arguments does the Witch use to try to persuade Digory to eat the apple himself or take it home to his mother? Give at least two for each.

7. What is the first clue that the travelers are nearing the orchard where Digory has to pick the apple?

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

9. Why is Uncle Andrew so frightened?

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

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