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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. What does Lewis say to himself on the train in Chapter One?
2. What does Lewis realize at the beginning of Chapter Five?
3. What does Uncle Jonathan do in Chapter One when the clocks begin to chime midnight?
4. How does Mrs. Zimmerman appear in Chapter Two?
5. What is Uncle Jonathan’s magic staff described like in Chapter Three?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Lewis and Tarby become friends in Chapter Three? What does Lewis want to do for Tarby?
2. 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?
3. What is Lewis’ new challenge in Chapter Three? Why is he bullied?
4. What is strange to Lewis about playing poker in Chapter One?
5. 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?
6. What does Uncle Jonathan do in Chapter Three to make the moon disappear?
7. 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?
8. What is the first illusion scene that Uncle Jonathan pulls up in Chapter Four? What happens in it?
9. What is the second illusion scene that Uncle Jonathan casts in Chapter Four? What happens in it?
10. What happens when the moon disappears in Chapter Three? What does Lewis realize he can hear?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Lewis first learns of magic, he tries to use logic to think it through, but then decides that logic does not apply (42). Explore the novel’s connection between the magical and the logical. How are they connected? How are they separate? How does magic vary in its connection to logic? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.
Essay Topic 2
Edward Gorey’s illustrations are famously known for bringing to life the atmosphere of John Bellair’s novels. How do the illustrations in the novel show select choices of scenes to illustrate? How do the illustration increase the feelings of atmosphere and fear? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.
Essay Topic 3
How does Lewis find courage in the novel? Look at his interaction with Tarby in Chapter Nine, as well as two other examples. Consider how outside poems, songs, and other words allow Lewis to find courage. What is the novel saying about where courage comes from? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.
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