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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. How does the Bulldog react when Uncle Andrew tries to talk to him?

2. From what did the lamp post grow?

3. What finally convinced all the animals that Uncle Andrew was not a tree?

4. What effect has the stolen apple had on the Witch?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the song affect the characters?

2. What are Pollly and Digory concerned about?

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

4. Why does Aslan call the Cabby's wife into Narnia?

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

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

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

8. What things are prohibited in the garden?

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

10. Explain the first joke in your own words.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

The character of Aslan is often thought of as representing God in an allegorical form. What are some things that he says or does that support this interpretation? Do any of his actions or things that he says contradict this view?

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