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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 realize at the beginning of Chapter Five?

2. What does Tarby teach Lewis to do in Chapter Three?

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

4. What happens in Chapter Five when Lewis begins chanting?

5. How does Uncle Jonathan tell Lewis in Chapter Two that magic works?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where is the cemetery in relation in New Zebedee as described in Chapter Five? How does Lewis get there?

4. How does Tarby act after the magic in Chapter Three? Why does this make Lewis afraid?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The American Gothic’s connection to nature is usually one of fear. What representation of nature is found in the novel? How is magic connected to nature and vice versa? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Lewis evolves from the beginning to the end of the novel. Characterize his evolution using examples from the novel. Then answer the question: What does Lewis’ character change show as the message of the novel? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.

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