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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. Where is Jill crying at the beginning of the book?

2. The children want to go to Harfang, but they change their direction when they see what in the distance?

3. Puddleglum is reluctant to take this advice and thinks there is something wrong with the knight since he did not do what?

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

5. Puddleglum is _______ as Eustace and Jill prepare to meet the king and queen.

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Describe the initial meeting between the children and the stranger at the hut.

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

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. Do you agree that the owls should secretly help Jill and Eustace to rescue the prince?

6. What do you think is the symbolism behind Puddleglum's name?

7. 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?

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

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

10. Describe how the mood of the novel changes, as chapter six goes on.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Besides Jill's school, there are three main settings in the story, Narnia, the land of giants and the underworld (underland). Answer the following questions about each of the three settings:

1. What do you feel each setting represents?

2. In what ways do the settings reflect the people who live there and the events that take place there?

3. Is each setting good, evil or neutral? Does any setting change, in terms of goodness or evilness, as the story progresses? If so, in what ways?

Essay Topic 2

Answer the following questions about the silver chair itself:

1. Describe the role of the silver chair in the story. What is it and when is it mentioned?

2. Explain what the silver chair symbolizes and what destroying it was symbolic of.

3. Using details from the story, explain why you think C.S. Lewis chose to name the novel The Silver Chair and whether or not you agree with the novel title. If so, why? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 3

Aslan is a strange character in the book. He's only seen a few times, but his presence is always felt. Fundamentally, do you feel that Aslan is a good character, an evil character or a neither good nor evil character and why? Use at least three examples from the story to back up your answer.

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