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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Lewis going in Chapter One to live with Uncle Jonathan?
(a) His parents were killed in an automobile accident.
(b) He is going to learn magic.
(c) He was left at an orphanage as a small boy.
(d) He does not like his parents.

2. How does Uncle Jonathan tell Lewis in Chapter Two that magic works?
(a) By using ordinary objects for magical purposes.
(b) By putting faith into the Powers That Be.
(c) By calling on dark spirits.
(d) By creating invisible magical objects.

3. What does Uncle Jonathan tell Lewis about himself and Mrs. Zimmerman in Chapter Two?
(a) They have never been friends.
(b) They are both wizards.
(c) They are getting divorced.
(d) They are getting married.

4. Who is also in the second illusion in Chapter Four?
(a) C.S. Lewis.
(b) Wellington.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) George Washington.

5. What does Lewis wish in the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) That he could find another way to win Tarby's friendship.
(b) That he was better friends with Tarby.
(c) That Uncle Lewis would raise the dead for him.
(d) That he does not have to go to follow through with the plan.

6. What does Lewis find out about Uncle Jonathan’s night walks in Chapter Two?
(a) That he goes for these walks every night.
(b) That he has insomnia.
(c) That he is looking for ghosts.
(d) That it is really Mrs. Zimmerman disguised as Jonathan.

7. What do Uncle Jonathan, Lewis, and Mrs. Zimmerman do for Halloween in Chapter Four?
(a) Eat doughnuts, apple cider, and view illusions.
(b) Go for midnight walks.
(c) Go trick or treating.
(d) Eat candied apples.

8. What is the passage about that Lewis reads at night in Chapter One?
(a) About a haunted watchtower.
(b) About ghosts at night.
(c) About Rizzio being killed by Scots in front of Mary, Queen of Scots.
(d) About a young orphan boy making his way in the world.

9. What does Lewis decide before he goes to bed at the end of Chapter Two?
(a) That logic can not solve this problem.
(b) That he needs a new home.
(c) That Uncle Jonathan is crazy.
(d) That he is too tired to think.

10. Why does Uncle Jonathan sometimes turn off the clocks at night as he says in Chapter Two?
(a) To have peace and quiet.
(b) To feel safe.
(c) To possibly hear where the magical clock is and turn it off.
(d) To feel scared.

11. What does Lewis find strange in Chapter Two about a coatrack?
(a) It has turned orange.
(b) It has disappeared.
(c) It has turned into a stained glass castle.
(d) A picture of a Mayan castle has appeared where a mirror used to be.

12. What does Lewis dream of at the end of Chapter Five?
(a) Skeletons and clock hands chasing him around the mausoleum.
(b) The house falling down around his ears.
(c) Being chased by something shadowy.
(d) Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman dead.

13. Why is Lewis teased at school as said in Chapter Three?
(a) He is mean to the other kids.
(b) He throws rocks at the other kids.
(c) He is overweight and bad at baseball.
(d) He likes to read books instead of talking to people.

14. Which tomb do Lewis and Tarby decide to resurrect in Chapter Four?
(a) A mausoleum with a symbol they think is a funny “O” on the front.
(b) A tomb with a white lamb faded grey.
(c) A tomb with a stone tree growing out of the middle.
(d) A tomb with a gargoyle on the front.

15. What does Lewis see in Chapter Five as he tries to fall asleep?
(a) The fire in the fireplace.
(b) Two dots of cold grey light.
(c) Selenna beside his bed.
(d) Uncle Jonathan on his nightly rounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys do in Chapter Five when they realize what is happening?

2. Where has Lewis heard about the Spanish Armada as he says in Chapter Four?

3. What did Uncle Jonathan get his university degree in as he tells Lewis in Chapter Two?

4. What is the name of the mansion that Uncle Jonathan lives in, as said in Chapter One?

5. What is written on the back of the playing cards in Chapter One?

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