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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the children smell when Fledge lands for the night?
(a) Pine trees and mushrooms
(b) Earth, grass and flowers
(c) Woodsmoke and wildflowers
(d) Fresh fruit and dry grass

2. What does Digory do that makes him long to taste the fruit?
(a) He looks at it closely and smells it.
(b) He looks at all the other fruit on the tree.
(c) He polishes it and feels the smooth skin.
(d) He smells it and rubs it against his cheek.

3. Of what things from our world does Strawberry have fond memories?
(a) Grass and sugar
(b) Bran mash and grass
(c) London and bran mash
(d) Oats and sugar

4. What change comes over the smaller animals like rabbits and moles?
(a) Their ears grow longer.
(b) Their fur changes colour.
(c) They grow slightly smaller.
(d) They grow much larger.

5. Where do the children shelter for the night?
(a) Under a bush
(b) Under Fledge's wings
(c) In a hollow tree
(d) In a small cave

6. Why does Digory want to speak to Aslan?
(a) He wants to apologize to Aslan about bringing the Witch into the world.
(b) He wants Aslan to send them home again.
(c) He wants to ask Aslan to make Uncle Andrew give up magic.
(d) He wants to ask for something to cure his mother.

7. What happens to the Cabby's voice as he speaks with Aslan?
(a) His Cockney accent becomes more pronounced.
(b) It becomes slower and richer as he loses his Cockney accent.
(c) It becomes quicker and sharper.
(d) It becomes deeper and more musical.

8. Why wasn't Uncle Andrew able to hear the animals talking?
(a) He was standing too far away to hear what was going on.
(b) He was too intent on trying to steal the rings that he never noticed they were speaking.
(c) He had successfully persuaded himself that this was impossible and they were only making ordinary noises.
(d) The evil of his magic had affected him so that he was incapable of hearing this good magic.

9. Why do the animals decide to plant Uncle Andrew the right way up?
(a) They wanted to be on the safe side just in case he turned out to be an animal.
(b) His trousers are muddier so they must be the roots.
(c) His trousers were wetter, so they must be the roots.
(d) His hair is the wrong color for roots to be.

10. From what did the lamp post grow?
(a) The iron bar Jadis threw at the Lion
(b) We are not told
(c) A piece of scrap metal dropped by Uncle Andrew
(d) It sprang from the ground in response to the Lion's song.

11. Which ring does Uncle Andrew try to steal from Digory?
(a) The yellow ring
(b) Both of his rings
(c) None - Uncle Andrew tries to steal Polly's rings.
(d) The green ring

12. What do Digory and Polly see to the south from the air?
(a) Moorland
(b) Jagged mountains
(c) Sand
(d) The sea

13. What had Fledge and Polly originally planned to do on reaching the garden?
(a) Sleeping on the grass outside
(b) Coming in with Digory
(c) Holding the gates open for Digory
(d) Waiting outside for Digory

14. What does the Lion do that surprises Digory?
(a) He makes Digory feel ridiculous.
(b) He agrees to give him something to cure his mother.
(c) He begins to sing again.
(d) He cries in sympathy for Digory.

15. What is the first thing that the Witch tempts Digory to do?
(a) Throw the apple away
(b) Give her the apple
(c) Eat the apple and live forever
(d) Take the apple home for his mother

Short Answer Questions

1. What would have happened if someone had taken an apple to plant a Tree of Protection without permission?

2. How many policemen does Jadis knock out using the bar from the lamp-post?

3. Which of the following does Digory not see in the landscape when he looks west?

4. How does the Bulldog react when Uncle Andrew tries to talk to him?

5. Who tells Aslan that the Witch has eaten an apple already?

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