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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 find out about Uncle Jonathan’s night walks in Chapter Two?
2. What is Lewis’s name as said in Chapter One?
3. Why does Uncle Jonathan sometimes turn off the clocks at night as he says in Chapter Two?
4. Why is Lewis teased at school as said in Chapter Three?
5. What is Uncle Jonathan doing at night in Chapter Two?
Short Essay Questions
1. As Lewis waits to resurrect the dead in Chapter Five, what does he wish? What happens because of his thinking?
2. What does Tarby say about Uncle Jonathan’s magic in Chapter Four? What does Lewis say to change Tarby’s mind?
3. What happens when Lewis completes the spell in Chapter Five? What do he and Tarby do?
4. How do Lewis and Tarby become friends in Chapter Three? What does Lewis want to do for Tarby?
5. 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?
6. What does Uncle Jonathan do in Chapter Three to make the moon disappear?
7. How does Tarby act after the magic in Chapter Three? Why does this make Lewis afraid?
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 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Tension and suspense are vital to creating a mystery novel that keeps the reader turning the pages. How do the moments of tension in the novel use gothic themes to increase their fear factor? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.
Essay Topic 3
Verisimilitude is a literary term that means creating a believable world in a novel that feels as if it is its own world. How does the novel craft verisimilitude in the town of New Zebedee and Lewis’ experiences? How does it apply that verisimilitude to accepting extraordinary events such as magic? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.
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