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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 is the name of the captain of the Dawn Treader?

2. What is the name of the islands that Caspian tell Edmund and Lucy they are just outside of in Chapter 2?

3. What have Lucy and Edmund's parents been sent to do that have caused Lucy and Edmund to come stay with their aunt and uncle?

4. What does Caspian tell the governor is responsible for paying the island's debt?

5. What does Eustace fall ill with in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Reepicheep catches Eustace sneaking water?

2. What problems do Caspian and his sailors discuss in regard to traveling with Eustace as a dragon?

3. What happens when the painting of a ship comes to life?

4. How is the small island where the Dawn Trader travels after leaving Dragon Island described?

5. What does Caspian have the Dawn Treader pretend to do at the end of Chapter 3?

6. What occurs between Eustace and Reepicheep at the end of Chapter 2?

7. While he is still a dragon, how does Eustace try to tell his group the story of what happened to him?

8. How does the governor treat Caspian when he is brought in the gates in Chapter 4?

9. How is Eustace described the first time he is seen in the book?

10. What does Lucy recall about her visit to the Lone Islands when she reigned as Queen of Narnia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of Eustace's journal in the book. What role did the journal play in the telling of the stories on the Dawn Treader? What purpose did the author have for using this method?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the representation of good and evil in the book. What does the author hope for the reader to gleam regarding the differences in these two things and the consequences when they are mixed?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Caspian and Reepicheep's motivations to go on the voyage on the Dawn Treader. What about their journey is connected, and what does their sharing this common bond suggest about their friendship?

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