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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. Who saves Edmund from the White Witch?

2. What title does Aslan tell Peter he will have?

3. Where do the Pevency children go to meet Aslan?

4. What kind of a creature is Aslan?

5. Why does the lion in the Witch's courtyard not attack Edmund?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aslan tell Peter, Susan, and Lucy when they see that Edmund has been rescued?

2. What does Father Christmas give to Peter and Susan?

3. What does Aslan do when he gets to the Witch's house, and why?

4. What does Aslan tell Peter after he has spoken with the White Witch?

5. How do Susan and Lucy feel and what do they do when they see Aslan's dead body on the Stone Table?

6. What does Father Christmas give to the beavers?

7. What does Edmund ask for while he is in the Witch's house, and what is he given?

8. Why does the White Witch decide to kill Edmund as she nears the Stone Table?

9. What causes the Witch to stop her sledge for the first time after leaving her house, and what does she do?

10. What causes the Witch's sledge to stop moving all together, and what does she plan to do after that?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens at the Stone Table, and what significance does this have on the plot? Who is involved in the scene there, and what does this monumental event symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who are the characters most affected by this theme, and how do they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Tumnus was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

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