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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 color are the doors that the Queen blasts?

2. What is the name of the city?

3. What is the name of the Queen?

4. What emotion does the Queen show when she realizes the palace is breaking up?

5. What is Digory's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Digory wish he was older (or bigger)?

4. What does Uncle Andrew do after he leaves his study and why?

5. Summarize, in your own words, how Uncle Andrew obtained the dust used for making the rings.

6. What crucial piece of knowledge does Digory not know about the Witch?

7. From the expressions on the faces of the images, what can be deduced about the history of the place they have found themselves in?

8. Why does Jadis want to travel to our world?

9. Name three things Jadis does or says that demonstrate her self-centered nature.

10. What surprises the children when they open the door and leave the tunnel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which scene is the climax or point of maximum tension in The Magician's Nephew? Describe this scene and explain why you consider it to be the climax of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In many of C.S. Lewis's works, both fictional and non-fictional, selfishness and being self-centered is associated very strongly with evil. Explain some ways that this idea is illustrated in The Magician's Nephew.

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