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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. When they reach a giant's bridge across a deep precipice, Puddleglum is reluctant to use it because he is afraid it might be ________.
(a) Guarded.
(b) Rotten.
(c) Enchanted.
(d) The wrong direction to go in.

2. Jill is told to perform how many tasks by the lion?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

3. The irritability causes Jill to do what?
(a) Faint from exhaustion.
(b) Run faster in hopes of getting to their destination sooner.
(c) Stop walking.
(d) Stop repeating the signs.

4. There is a ________, making it hard for the children and Puddleglum to see very far in front of them.
(a) Forest.
(b) Snow storm.
(c) Group of giants.
(d) Fog.

5. After another good cry, when the lion leaves, Jill wonders around where, exploring her surroundings?
(a) Castle.
(b) Mountaintop.
(c) Desert.
(d) Canyon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eustace must talk to whom when they arrive at Narnia?

2. Eustace takes Jill into the school's what?

3. Jill and Eustace must find the ruined city of ancient what?

4. Eustace says that he is a friend of Caspian's and will not do what?

5. The lady says they should tell the gentle giants there that she has sent them for what Feast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the lion seem to represent to Jill, at the start of chapter two, and why?

2. In chapter 5, the children are taken on a long flight with the owls and are put inside a hut where they instantly fall to sleep. Do you think that it was right for the children to trust the owls and, if so, do you think the owls betrayed that trust by leaving the children alone in the strange hut?

3. Describe the giants' attitudes towards the children, in chapter 8, and what it could mean.

4. Why did the children feel they had to sneak away from the giants?

5. Jill is upset that she didn't notice the signs the day before. Do you think Jill is justified in being mad at herself for missing the signs?

6. If you were Jill, how would you handle the confrontation with the school bullies?

7. At first Jill thinks that Eustace might be on the side of the bullies. Eustace tells Jill that he is different since a strange adventure he went on with his cousins. Do you think, in real life, that bullies can be changed by having a certain experience?

8. Describe Puddleglum's reaction to meeting the lady and the knight and what it means to the children.

9. After going through the garden door, Jill and Eustace are on a tall mountain standing near a cliff. Jill tries to show off by standing as close to the edge as she dare. Why do you think Jill tried to show off on the cliff?

10. Jill refuses to explore very far in the trench, so Eustace jumps into the trench to find out for himself. How is that similar to or different from when the two were standing on the cliff at the start of the book?

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