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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 do with the Spanish Armada in Chapter Four?

2. Who does Lewis become friends with in Chapter Three?

3. Who does Lewis see on deck of the Spanish Armada in Chapter Four?

4. Why is Lewis going in Chapter One to live with Uncle Jonathan?

5. What does Lewis start doing to prepare for the resurrection in Chapter Four?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the first illusion scene that Uncle Jonathan pulls up in Chapter Four? What happens in it?

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

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

7. How do Lewis and Tarby become friends in Chapter Three? What does Lewis want to do for Tarby?

8. What is strange to Lewis about playing poker in Chapter One?

9. 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?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

While the novel is a mystery about the clock in the walls, as it says in the title, the main events of the novel are written on the book cover. How does this change what it means to read a mystery? Why is it changed in this way? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.

Essay Topic 3

The main event of the rising action in the novel is not introduced until halfway through the book. From there, the rest of the plot events are in the second half of the book. Why is the book structured in this way? What does this structure allow to also be included in the novel? Why are these additions to the plot included? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.

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