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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. Rilian and his companions begin following the road. It is a long journey and soon what happens?
(a) Everyone stops to sleep.
(b) The lights behind them go out.
(c) Jill falls off her horse.
(d) One of the horses dies.

2. The children and Puddleglum fall off a _______, but are surprisingly uninjured.
(a) Ladder.
(b) Cliff.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Horse.

3. After the children fall, there is an unpleasant _______.
(a) Light.
(b) Horn blast.
(c) Smell.
(d) Voice.

4. Who pulls out a sword and attacks queen, to no effect?
(a) Jill.
(b) A guard.
(c) Eustace.
(d) Puddleglum.

5. The chasm begins to close so the creature leaves after pointing out the road to what?
(a) The cliff.
(b) The hole.
(c) The forest.
(d) The lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jill finds a cookbook open to what letter?

2. Rilian thinks the creatures might be planning what?

3. When the cook is finally _______, Jill and her companions sneak out of the house.

4. What does Rilian want to take when they make their escape?

5. The knight tells his guests about the Queen's idea of making him what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how chapter 15 is the end of the main plot, even though it isn't the final chapter.

2. Do you feel that Jill has changed by chapter fifteen and, if so, in what ways.

3. Explain what happens at the start of chapter thirteen.

4. How does the queen attempt to brainwash the group, upon her return?

5. Explain the scene when a light is lit, at the start of chapter ten, after the children hear the mysterious voice.

6. Explain Rilian's conflict, in chapter 14.

7. What things are foreshadowed in the chapter?

8. The prince feels justified in killing the evil queen. Do you agree?

9. What does the long journey to see the queen seem to indicate about the travelers' mission?

10. The knight warns Jill and her companions that he will beg them to let him go free, but if they do he will turn into a serpent and kill them all. What is the significance of that statement by the knight to the children?

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