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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. How do Prince Cor and Aravis react when realize that they've both spoken to Aslan?

2. What does the Tisroc command the Grand Vizier to do?

3. How does the prince plan to keep King Peter from bringing an army to Tashbaan to rescue his sister?

4. Which of the companions urges the most for speed after they reach the valley?

5. Why don't Prince Cor and Aravis ride the horses to Anvard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the companions realize when they see Prince Rabadash's army behind them?

2. How does the Prince Rabadash plan to gain Queen Susan's hand in marriage?

3. What does Shasta tell himself as the battle starts?

4. What decision does Shasta make after the Calormene army passes him?

5. Why is the Tisroc reluctant to send his army to Narnia?

6. What is the strangest thing about the Hermit?

7. Why does King Lune refuse to let Prince Rabadash duel King Edmund?

8. What did the Lion do for Shasta when he was a baby?

9. What does Prince Corin persuade Shasta to do?

10. What does the Tisroc say he'll do if the Prince's plan fails?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identity is a key theme in The Horse and His Boy. Write an essay that examines how the identities of the characters change in different situations.

Essay Topic 2

In presenting Calormen, C.S. Lewis is contrasting a very different culture to that of Narnia. What are the origins of this world? Write an essay describing the possible inspiration of the Calormen culture.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay tracking the use of foreshadowing in this book. List the clues that foreshadow later events and explain how they help the reader understand what follows afterward.

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