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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. In the city, where are Jill and her companions are taken?

2. Who suggests they take a break before they fight the guards who are surely waiting downstairs to avenge their queen?

3. The guards take the three travelers to a room where they find a what?

4. The ceiling over the road becomes so low that who are forced to get off the horses and walk?

5. Rilian thinks the creatures might be planning what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the creatures discover that the queen is dead.

2. What is the symbolism behind the falling buildings?

3. 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?

4. How is the process of breaking the queen's enchantment attempt symbolic?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Answer the following questions about the character of Aslan:

What does Aslan represent in the story?

What are Aslan's motivations in the story?

What major things in the story would be different, if Aslan were not present?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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