Character & Setting
The name of the cold, powerful ruler Edmund travels with in Chapter Eleven is this. (Ch. 11)
Who is the White Witch (the Queen)? (Ch. 11)
The wolves fail to find the Beavers’ house at first because of this (Use the text detail.) (Ch. 11)
What is the snow began falling (or scent cold and footprints covered), the wolves couldn’t follow the trail? (Ch. 11)
The word “thaw” means this in the story’s context. Use a short phrase from the text to support your answer. (Ch. 11)
What is “Thaw” = warming that melts ice/snow (text shows streams and dripping branches)? (Ch. 11)
Give one reason the thaw makes the characters think something has gone wrong with the Witch’s plans. (Ch. 11)
What is the endless winter (witch’s spell) is ending, which means Aslan’s arrival is breaking her magic? (Ch. 11)
The passage says the reindeer’s harness made an “everlasting swish.” This is literal or figurative language. Explain briefly. (Ch. 11)
What is Figurative — “everlasting” exaggerates the long, constant sound to create mood? (Ch. 11)
Name the place the children and Beavers travel toward that is described as a great slab of grey stone. (Ch. 12)
What is the Stone Table? (Ch. 12)
This happens to the merry party (squirrel, satyrs, Fox, etc.) when the Witch arrives. (Ch. 11)
What is they turned into stone statues by the Witch’s wand? (Ch. 11)
In the phrase “the dwarf grinned in a repulsive manner,” the word “repulsive” means this. (Ch. 11)
What is “Repulsive” = disgusting or ugly; makes you feel sick or dislike? (Ch. 11)
After being cruel to Edmund, the Witch later hits him and then turns away. This shows Edmund’s feelings toward her by the end of Chapter Eleven as this. (Ch. 11)
What is Edmund feels cold, miserable, and regrets trusting her; he begins to feel sorry for others? (Ch. 11)
Identify one sentence that uses sound words (onomatopoeia) from Chapter Eleven and write the sound word. (Ch. 11)
What is “drip-drip-drip” (sound of water)? (Ch. 11)
This character sits beside the Witch on the sledge when they begin the journey in Chapter Eleven. (Ch. 11)
Who is Edmund sitting beside her? (Ch. 11)
The Witch forced Edmund to walk with his hands tied behind him because of this. (Ch. 11)
What is the sledge that could not run in the thaw; she ties him and forces him to walk so they can keep going? (Ch. 11)
The book uses “merry party” to describe the animals’ gathering. Clues in the passage show why the Witch calls it “gluttony” and “waste”. (Ch. 11)
What is food, plum pudding, decorations? clues
— Witch calls it waste/gluttony because they ate and celebrated despite the Witch’s rules. (Ch. 11)
Lucy asks Aslan if anything can be done to save Edmund. An inference you can make about Lucy’s feelings and her role in the story is ___. (Ch. 12)
What is Lucy cares deeply and is hopeful; she believes in Aslan and wants to help Edmund?. (Ch. 12)
The narrator describes Aslan as “good and terrible at the same time.”
This is an example of contrast or simile. Explain how that shows Aslan’s presence. (Ch. 12)
What is contrast — it shows Aslan is both kind (good) and awe-inspiring or frightening (terrible), giving him depth? (Ch. 12)
Describe how the forest changes as the thaw begins (two details from the text). (Ch. 11)
What is snow melts; green grass and flowers (snowdrops, crocuses) appear; trees shake off snow? (Ch. 11)
The children and Beavers see this sight when they reach the top of the hill. (Ch. 12)
What is the Stone Table with a pavilion and Aslan standing among creatures; view of the sea and Cair Paravel shining? (Ch. 12)
“pavilion” means as used in Chapter Twelve. Use a text detail to help define it. (Ch. 12)
What is a large tent used for shelter and ceremony; text shows silk sides, banner, pavilion used for feasting? (Ch. 12)
When Aslan looks at Peter without speaking, Peter says nothing either.
This silent moment suggests something about Aslan’s leadership and Peter’s character growth. (Ch. 12)
What is Aslan’s silent look shows authority and calm; Peter’s reaction shows respect and readiness to learn leadership? (Ch. 12)
Find one example of imagery in the text (a sentence that helps you picture the scene) and copy or paraphrase it. (Ch. 11 or 12)
What is Example: “shafts of delicious sunlight struck down on to the forest floor” — creates a vivid picture? (Ch. 11)
Identify two magical creatures who are shown around Aslan in Chapter Twelve. (Ch. 12)
What is Centaurs, unicorn, leopards, pelican, eagle, TreeWomen/Dryads, Naiads? (any two). (Ch. 12)
Explain briefly how Peter earns the name “Sir Peter Wolf’s-Bane” (use sequence of events). (Ch. 12)
What is he fought and killed the wolf threatening Susan, then Aslan knighted him by striking with the flat of the sword and named him “Sir Peter Wolf’s-Bane.”? (Ch. 12)
The narrator writes that the Witch’s voice could make someone “instantly be killed” for saying a name.
“instantly” means this, and how does the author show the Witch’s power in that moment. (Ch. 11)
What is “Instantly” = immediately; author shows Witch’s threat (would be killed) and her cruel power over others? (Ch. 11)
Use evidence from Chapters Eleven–Twelve to explain the theme of to be courageous in the face of difficulties or challenges. Give two examples from the text that show characters acting bravely. (Ch. 11–12)
What is (see Examples)
Examples: Peter fighting the wolf shows bravery;
Aslan organizing rescue shows courage and hope;
Beavers and children continuing despite tiredness show quiet courage. (Ch. 11–12)
The author writes the thaw “grew foggier and warmer” and then “the sledge jerked.” Explain how these descriptions create mood and why they matter to the plot. (Ch. 11)
What is the thaw descriptions shift mood from cold dread to warming hope; the sledge jerking shows changing power and leads to Edmund being forced to walk, advancing the plot. (Ch. 11)?