Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The Chronicals of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis


Chapter 1
How did the children accidentally end up in the study?  Do you think Uncle Andrew is to be trusted?  Why?
Vocabulary:
vain (3)
indignant (5)
deserted (12)
pantomine (14)
cunning (16)

Chapters 2 - 3
How do the rings work?  How are they different than Uncle Andrew thought?
Vocabulary:
indignant (18)
asylum (20)
profound (21)
toil (23)
drowse (35)

Chapter 4
What is the meaning of the message written by the bell?  What do you think happenes if it is struck?
Vocabulary:
vauge (44)
rubble (45)
keen (47)
magestic (51)
quarrel (56)

Chapters 5 - 6
What happened to the witch's world?  Who caused it to happen?  Why did they do it?
Vocabulary:
awaken (58)
peril (60)
solemn (66)
potent (70)
sprawl (77)
pax (81)

Chapters 7 - 8
How was the singing in chapter 8 described?  Why do you think the withch did not like it?
Vocabulary:
cower (86)
amused (91)
brandish (100)
delirium (102)
glorious (109)

Chapters 9 - 10
How was Uncle Andrew's view of the song and the talking animals different from the children's?
Vocabulary:
civility (113)
indigestible (114)
disobediant (117)
cease (128)
repress (129)

Chapters 11 - 12
Why does Digory have to go on his quest?  What does he have to do?  What will the object of his quest do?
Vocabulary:
dispute (144)
curtsey (150)
mane (156)
jagged (160)

Chapters 13 - 15
Did Jadis get what she wanted in the end?  Did Digory?  Explain your thinking.
Vocabulary:
vaulted (174)
simpleton (175)
conceited (180)
torment (185)
loath (190)

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