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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. Caspian has grown very old and has sailed away to find ________.

2. There are two ________ in the trench.

3. The stranger tells the children he is a Marsh _________.

4. The owls believe that the children should search for what?

5. What creature blows Eustace away from Jill?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What are Jill's four tasks that are set out by Aslan?

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

5. Why didn't Eustace recognize his friend, King Caspian?

6. What do the children see out Jill's window, when they're staying with the giants?

7. 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?

8. When the travelers reach a bridge made by giants that runs across a deep precipice, Puddleglum is reluctant to use it because he is afraid it might be an enchanted bridge and it might disappear while they are only half across. Based on what is already known about the giants at that point, do you think Puddleglum's fear was valid?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose the character from the following list that you feel is least necessary and explain why. Also, explain how the book would be different if that character was not present. Use at least two examples from the book to back yourself up.

1. Glimfeather

2. Puddleglum

3. Eustace

Essay Topic 2

Make a detailed list of three situations where foreshadowing was used in the book. Also, explain the outcomes of each situation and how it might have been affected if the foreshadowing event hadn't taken place.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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