Characters
Name the protagonist who only recently moved to London.
Digory Kirke
What room did the protagonists accidentally enter in Chapter 1?
Uncle Andrew's study
What object sends the protagonists to Another World? Be specific about the color.
Yellow rings
What type of figurative language is used in the following quote?
"Here Uncle Andrew rubbed his hands till his knuckles cracked like fireworks."
simile
(comparison using like or as)
The story is told by an outside narrator. This makes Magician's Nephew mainly... 1st 2nd or 3rd person?
Third Person
What is a burglar?
someone who steals things from people’s homes
Name the protagonist that lives next door and has a "smugglers cave."
Polly Plummer
What is the intial setting of the book? (give location + approximate year)
London, early 1900s (1901 ish)
This animal appeared and jogged the protagonists memory when they were in a dream-like trance.
Guinea pig
What type of figurative language is used in the following quote?
"It was a rich place, as rich as Plumcake."
similie
(comparison using like or as*)
The narrator knows what multiple characters are thinking. This makes Magician's Nephew POV... limited, omniscient, or objective?
Omniscient
"an idea doesn’t make any sense"
preposterous
Who sends the protagonists to another world without warning? Give an adjective to describe them.
Uncle Andrew (mad, selfish, cowardly)
The protagonists travelled through this when trying to get into an abandoned house.
Tunnel/passage between attics
What do the protagonists realize is imperative to do before venturing into other pools?
Mark their home pool with an X
What type of figurative language is this?
“They’re not just rings, boy. They’re the key to the secrets of the universe!”
Metaphor
(Comparison NOT using like or as)
"There! I hope you're satisfied now," panted Polly.
"Well, it's all over, anyway," said Digory.
And both thought it was; but they had never been more mistaken in their lives.
This quote is told from what POV?
Third Person Omniscient
"a smart person who knows many things"
sage
What is the name of the main protagonist's aunt?
Aunt Letty
Upon touching the rings, where do the protagonists disappear to? Give a brief description.
The Wood Between Worlds
(A dream-like forest filled with pools that lead to other worlds)
How were the protagonists warned NOT to strike the bell?
By the inscription/poem next to it
What type of figurative language is this?
“The trees stood still as statues.”
alliteration
(also a bit of personification)
Sometimes, the narrator addresses the reader directly, like the opening line, "This is a story about something that happened a long time ago when your grandpa was a child." This quote is told from what POV?
Second Person
A large tank of water
Who did the magic box of dust initially come from?
Uncle Andrew's "fairy" godmother (Mrs. Lefay)
Briefly describe the world the protagonists go when they enter a different pool
A palace courtyard in ruins, void of all life
What happens after the protagonist strikes the bell?
It starts ringing a "sweet sound," and the ringing gets louder. Then, they hear another "vague, disastrous noise which." The floor trembles, the walls rock, and the roof collapses in.
Identify the TWO types of figurative language used in the quote below. "Lower down there were great pillared arches, yawning blackly like the mouths of railway tunnels."
Personification (yawning)
Simie (like the mouths of railway tunnels)
Identify the TWO POVs used in this excerpt.
"They both got different answers to it at first, and even when they agreed I am not sure they got it right."
3rd & 1st
"Long boards that the protagonists use as units of measurement to calculate the distance to the uninhabited house"
rafters