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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 Jill refuses to explore very far, what does Eustace do?
(a) Jumps in with Jill himself.
(b) Pulls Jill out.
(c) Asks Puddleglum to jump in with Jill.
(d) Pushes Puddleglum in with Jill.

2. At the ruins, it is pitch dark but Jill soon learns that there are lots of ______ present.
(a) Owls.
(b) Children.
(c) Lions.
(d) Kings.

3. Jill asks Eustace if he recognizes any of the people and he says he does not despite the fact that whose signs say he will?
(a) The wolf's.
(b) The lion's.
(c) The witch's.
(d) The bear's.

4. The porter kindly gives Puddleglum a drink from a this while they wait for a servant to tell the King they have arrived.
(a) Light glass.
(b) Dark flask.
(c) Dark glass.
(d) Light flask.

5. The prince was traveling in the north with his _________ .
(a) Friend.
(b) Guardian.
(c) Mother.
(d) Father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who falls off a cliff?

2. The lion says that who is missing?

3. The children can see the top of the flat hill where they crossed the night before. It is clearly the ruins of a city of what?

4. The group is initially shown into the what?

5. The children are taken to Trumpkin, who is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the confrontation between Jill and the lion at the water, before Jill drinks.

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

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

4. 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?

5. How is Puddleglum's participation in the mission to rescue the prince ironic?

6. 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?

7. When a talking owl greets them, Jill tells the owl why they are there, which is news to Eustace since she has not told him yet. Eustace asks where they are and the owl answers they are in Cair Paravel and that it was King Caspian who has just left. Why does that news upset Jill?

8. How did Jill's attitude on the cliff backfire on her? What is that incident meant to show?

9. What strange advice does the lady with the knight give the travelers?

10. Why do the owls have to secretly meet to try to save the prince?

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