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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 do the children smell when Fledge lands for the night?

2. How many policemen does Jadis knock out using the bar from the lamp-post?

3. What does Digory do that makes him long to taste the fruit?

4. What gems are used to set the crowns?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Digory have to do and why?

4. Explain the first joke in your own words.

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

6. Why does Digory suggest that Polly use her ring to go home?

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

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

9. What does the Cabby think has happened?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Digory's house in London at the start of the book and what it is like at the end. How has the house changed? Consider physical changes, and also symbolic changes with respect to the theme of Life versus Death.

Part 1: Describe Digory's house at the beginning of the novel.

Part 2: Describe how Digory's house changes by the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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