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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. After breakfast, Jill and Eustace ride the centaurs to the harbor where they watch who being carried off the ship on a stretcher?

2. There is a great ______ light in the distance.

3. The group walks into a ______ wall.

4. Jill tells the knight about the message at the city and how they are looking for what prince?

5. Jill has come out in Narnia where the Dwarfs and the Fauns and Dryads are doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jill's bully problem finally resolved?

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

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

4. What is the symbolism behind the falling buildings?

5. What big event in chapter nine was foreshadowed in previous chapters and how?

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

7. Explain how Aslan is symbolic of Christianity.

8. How does the discussion with the knight cause the children to lose faith in Aslan a bit and do you agree with their loss of faith?

9. As the creatures take the travelers to the queen, they begin their march through a tiny crack that Jill is afraid to enter. How has Jill's attitude changed, since the start of the book?

10. Explain how the book's title applies to chapter 11.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using at least three examples from the book, explain how the author, C.S. Lewis, tries using changes in setting to change the entire mood of the book. Also, explain whether or not you feel that those changes in mood were accomplished successfully. Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Answer the following questions using one of these characters:

Eustace

Jill

Puddleglum

Part 1:

What character in the story do you feel changed most, as the story went on? Use at least three examples from the story to explain that character's growth, as the story progressed.

Part 2:

What character do you feel changed the least throughout the book and why do you feel that way? Be sure to use at least three examples from the story to back up your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Answer the following questions about Eustace using examples from the book to back up your answers:

1. What is Eustace's role in the story?

2. Do you think Eustace is a necessary character to the story? Why or why not?

3. How do you think the story would be changed if Eustace were not present? Discuss at least two parts of the book that would be altered by his absence

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