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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 realize at the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) He is late to see Tarby.
(b) He is not going through with the plan.
(c) He does not even like Tarby.
(d) He wants to live somewhere else.

2. What is Uncle Jonathan’s magic staff described like in Chapter Three?
(a) Elder wood with a phoenix feather inside.
(b) Green and pink with vines crawling up the outside.
(c) Wood, with a glowing grey globe on the end, and a miniature castle inside.
(d) Ivory with a springy sword inside.

3. What does Uncle Jonathan have on his table in Chapter One?
(a) Many different kinds of cookies.
(b) Bloody heads.
(c) Many different old books.
(d) Many different kinds of coins.

4. What does Lewis find strange in Chapter Two about a stained glass window?
(a) The image has changed.
(b) It has myseriously broken.
(c) It has vanished.
(d) It has been replaced by a coat rack.

5. What happens with Tarby and Lewis in Chapter Four?
(a) Tarby asks Lewis to teach him magic.
(b) Tarby hangs out with him more.
(c) Tarby hangs out with Lewis less and less.
(d) Tarby asks Lewis to move away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which tomb do Lewis and Tarby decide to resurrect in Chapter Four?

2. Why is Lewis teased at school as said in Chapter Three?

3. What comes out from the tomb in Chapter Five?

4. What does Uncle Jonathan tell Lewis about himself and Mrs. Zimmerman in Chapter Two?

5. What does Lewis find strange in Chapter Two about a coatrack?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What happens when Lewis completes the spell in Chapter Five? What do he and Tarby do?

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

5. What does Lewis find Mrs. Zimmerman doing in Chapter One when he first sees her? Why does he feel embarrassed at this?

6. What happens when the moon disappears in Chapter Three? What does Lewis realize he can hear?

7. What happens with Lewis and Tarby’s friendship in Chapter Four? How does Lewis feel about this change?

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

9. What does Tarby say about Uncle Jonathan’s magic in Chapter Four? What does Lewis say to change Tarby’s mind?

10. How does Uncle Jonathan explain to Lewis that magic works in Chapter Two? How is this different than Lewis’ previous idea?

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