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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Uncle Jonathan get his university degree in as he tells Lewis in Chapter Two?
(a) Magical spells.
(b) Animating dead bodies.
(c) Animal husbandry.
(d) Flying.

2. What does Lewis see when he hears a noise in the hallway in Chapter One?
(a) A clock walking down the hall.
(b) Uncle Jonathan hitting a hole into the wall.
(c) Mrs. Zimmerman with her ear to the wall.
(d) A ghost from the mantle.

3. Who does Lewis see on deck of the Spanish Armada in Chapter Four?
(a) The Queen of England.
(b) C.S. Lewis.
(c) Harry Potter.
(d) The Duke of Medina-Sedona.

4. How does Uncle Jonathan tell Lewis in Chapter Two that magic works?
(a) By putting faith into the Powers That Be.
(b) By creating invisible magical objects.
(c) By calling on dark spirits.
(d) By using ordinary objects for magical purposes.

5. What does Lewis realize at the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) He wants to live somewhere else.
(b) He does not even like Tarby.
(c) He is late to see Tarby.
(d) He is not going through with the plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Zimmerman appear in Chapter Two?

2. What stops Uncle Jonathan from talking when he is picking up Lewis in Chapter One?

3. What is Uncle Jonathan doing at night in Chapter Two?

4. What does Lewis find out about Uncle Jonathan’s night walks in Chapter Two?

5. Why does Uncle Jonathan sometimes turn off the clocks at night as he says in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Uncle Jonathan hears a clock when he picks Jonathan up in Chapter One? What does Lewis observe about Jonathan when he is walking with him to the mansion?

2. Where is the cemetery in relation in New Zebedee as described in Chapter Five? How does Lewis get there?

3. Why does Uncle Jonathan have so many clocks as he tells Lewis in Chapter Two? How does this relate to the previous owners of the mansion?

4. 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?

5. What is Lewis’ new challenge in Chapter Three? Why is he bullied?

6. What is the first illusion scene that Uncle Jonathan pulls up in Chapter Four? What happens in it?

7. What does Tarby say about Uncle Jonathan’s magic in Chapter Four? What does Lewis say to change Tarby’s mind?

8. As Lewis waits to resurrect the dead in Chapter Five, what does he wish? What happens because of his thinking?

9. What is strange to Lewis about playing poker in Chapter One?

10. What does Lewis do when he gets home in Chapter Five? What does he dream about that night?

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