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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. At what time of day do Fledge and the children arrive back in Narnia?
(a) At sunset
(b) Just as the stars are coming out
(c) At midday
(d) In the middle of the afternoon

2. How does the horse react to being taken into the Wood Between the Worlds?
(a) It calms down and whinnies cheerfully.
(b) It screams and lays its ears flat against its skull.
(c) Fire enters its eyes and it bucks the Witch off its back.
(d) It shakes and looks sick.

3. Which of the following is one difference between the stars Digory is used to seeing in our world and the stars in this new world?
(a) They are multicolored rather than just being white or whitish.
(b) A constellation in the shape of a lion dominates the night.
(c) They are singing along with the First Voice.
(d) They swirl in a complicated dance through the night sky.

4. What actions had made Uncle Andrew hate and fear animals even more than in the past?
(a) He was once bitten by a dog he had tried to befriend.
(b) He had used animals for cruel experiments.
(c) He has been influenced by Jadis more than he realises.
(d) He has always hated and feared animals, even in the past.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Fledge and Polly originally planned to do on reaching the garden?

2. What happens when Digory reaches Aslan and his council?

3. Which animal is the most impressive to watch breaking out of the ground?

4. From where do Frank (the Cabby) and Helen get their royal robes?

5. Why does the Bear fall over?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the song affect the characters?

2. What are Pollly and Digory concerned about?

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

4. Why does Aslan transform Strawberry into a flying horse and re-name him?

5. Explain the first joke in your own words.

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

7. Why do the animals not know what Uncle Andrew is?

8. Why is Uncle Andrew so frightened?

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

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

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