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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What expressions are seen on the faces at the beginning of the row of images?

2. How is Digory able to read the writing on the pillar?

3. What fruit does the visitor bring for Digory's mother?

4. Where does Digory see the writing?

5. What is most striking about the last queen, apart from her beauty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Digory plan to do with his magic rings?

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

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

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

5. What does Digory say that actually gets Uncle Andrew's full attention and why does it have this effect?

6. Why does Polly start to believe that Uncle Andrew is not mad?

7. Why is the Wood like the tunnel that the children had explored in the houses?

8. Why is Digory crying when Polly first meets him?

9. Why did Jadis speak the Deplorable Word?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jadis is referred to as being an evil witch. Is this view of her justified? State why or why not, and give examples to back your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Problems and overcoming problems are very important to create plot tension. Describe one problem faced by a character in The Magician's Nephew and explain how this problem is overcome.

Essay Topic 3

The Magician's Nephew has, as one of its key themes, the antithesis between life and death/destruction. Describe two or three ways that theme is illustrated in The Magician's Nephew. Which force is shown to predominate?

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