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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis say to himself on the train in Chapter One?
(a) The Ten Commandments.
(b) Altar boy prayers.
(c) A prayer to his parent's ghosts.
(d) A wish to be home.

2. What does Lewis do when he tries to hit a baseball as said in Chapter Three?
(a) He runs away from the ball.
(b) He hits a home-run every time.
(c) He lays down and lets the ball hit him.
(d) He throws the bat.

3. What does Lewis tell Tarby in Chapter Four that Uncle Jonathan can do?
(a) Raise the dead.
(b) Call genies.
(c) Create houses.
(d) Fly.

4. Who does Lewis see on deck of the Spanish Armada in Chapter Four?
(a) C.S. Lewis.
(b) The Queen of England.
(c) Harry Potter.
(d) The Duke of Medina-Sedona.

5. What illusion does Uncle Jonathan pull up first in Chapter Four?
(a) Napoleon's forces.
(b) The Battle of Waterloo.
(c) A Midsummer's Night Dream.
(d) The defeated Spanish Armada.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When do Tarby and Lewis decide to raise the dead in Chapter Four?

3. What is the town that Lewis is going to live in, as said in Chapter One?

4. What happens after the moon goes out in Chapter Three?

5. What does Lewis decide before he goes to bed at the end of Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lewis do for the three weeks he has before school starts in Chapter Two? Why does he like doing this?

2. As Lewis waits to resurrect the dead in Chapter Five, what does he wish? What happens because of his thinking?

3. What happens when Uncle Jonathan hears a clock when he picks Jonathan up in Chapter One? What does Lewis observe about Jonathan when he is walking with him to the mansion?

4. What does Lewis say he will do in Chapter Four in an attempt to keep Tarby’s interest? What does he plan with Tarby and how does he carry out this plan?

5. Who previously owned Barnvault’s Folly as said in Chapter Two? What were the old owners like?

6. Why does Uncle Jonathan have so many clocks as he tells Lewis in Chapter Two? How does this relate to the previous owners of the mansion?

7. What is Lewis’ impression of Uncle Jonathan at the end of the night in Chapter One?

8. What does Lewis hear when he is up reading a book at night in Chapter One? What does he see when he goes to investigate?

9. What is Lewis’ new challenge in Chapter Three? Why is he bullied?

10. What is the second illusion scene that Uncle Jonathan casts in Chapter Four? What happens in it?

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