Characters
The name of the children at the start of the story were these?
Who are Peter, Susan, Edmund, Lucy.
The children were sent away from London for this reason.
What is because of the air-raids during the war?
The word “housekeeper” refer to in the text.
What is A housekeeper is the person who manages household tasks and cares for the house (Mrs Macready in the story)?
The children did this the morning after they arrived when it was raining.
What is they explored the house (Peter decided to explore; others talked and planned)?
Lucy leaves the wardrobe door open when she goes in because _____
What is she think it is foolish to shut oneself into a wardrobe and wants to be able to get back easily?
This child first enters the wardrobe and discovers Narnia.
Who is Lucy?
The Professor lived near (in relation to the nearest railway station and post office).
What is ten miles from the nearest railway station (and two miles from the nearest post office)?
The author calls Lucy the “Daughter of Eve” in Narnia. This means in simple words.
What is a human girl?
List, in order, two rooms or things the children find when they explore the house before Lucy goes into the wardrobe.
What is a long room full of pictures?
What is a suit of armour?
What is a room hung with green and a harp?
What is rooms lined with books?
What is the spare room with a wardrobe?
You infer about the Professor from the description in Chapter One, that he is ______________.
What is he is odd-looking but kind?
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What is he lives alone in a very large house and is generous enough to take in evacuee children — he is cultured and eccentric?
This character is described as having shaggy white hair and no wife.
Who is the professor?
Lucy felt this under her feet when she first stepped into Narnia.
What is soft, powdery, cold snow under her feet?
Find and explain the meaning of the word “melancholy” as used to describe Mr Tumnus’s voice.
What is sad or gloomy?
Describe what happens from the moment Lucy steps into the wardrobe until she reaches the lamppost (3–4 short steps)
What is Lucy opens the wardrobe, steps among coats, walks further in expecting wood but finds snow, walks through the wood, hears crunching, sees a light, and reaches a lamppost?
The White Witch want Mr Tumnus to hand over any human children she finds because of this___________.Use clues from the text.
What is the witch uses spies and fear to control Narnia?
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What are humans, may be rare and valuable to her power?
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What is she want to prevent prophecy about humans reclaiming Narnia? (text suggests she punishes those who don’t obey).
This child wanted to laugh at the Professor when they first met him.
Who is Edmund?
Name one strange thing Lucy notices in the wood that surprised her.
What is a lamp-post in the middle of a snowy wood?
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What is it that it is always winter and there is snow falling?
The Faun says “Always winter and never Christmas.” This phrase help you understand about Narnia’s condition. (Use evidence from the text.)
What is it shows Narnia is under the Witch’s spell or control?
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What is it is stuck in winter with no celebrations?
Evidence: (text: “Always winter and never Christmas”)
Mr Tumnus did this when Lucy said she must go home. (Name two actions.)
What is he sobs, explains he has been working for the White Witch and intended to hand Lucy over, then he decides to help Lucy get home and leads her back quietly to the lamp-post?
Lucy’s forgiveness of Mr Tumnus tell you about her character, she is ___________. Give one sentence explaining.
What is Lucy is forgiving, kind, and trusting?
Ahe forgives Mr Tumnus even after learning his plan because she values his remorse and goodness
This is the first character Lucy meets in Narnia.
Give two details about him (species-type of animal and one item he carries).
Who is Mr Tumnus?
He is a Faun; he carries an umbrella and brown-paper parcels (and plays a flute).
Explain how Lucy gets back from Narnia to the spare room at the Professor’s house.
What is she walks back to the lamp-post with Mr Tumnus, sees the patch of daylight that shows the wardrobe door, steps through coats and wooden floor, and jumps out into the spare room, closing the wardrobe behind her?
The text uses the phrase “pretending he was blowing his nose to hide it.”
This tells you about Edmund’s feelings and behavior, that he is_______.
What is Edmund is embarrassed and trying to hide that he is laughing?
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What is he is being rude and pretending to be something he is not (hiding his true reaction)?
Summarize Mr Tumnus’s plan and why he is upset about it. Then say how he changes his mind.
What is (1) He had orders from the White Witch to capture any human children and hand them over. (2) He is upset because he feels guilty and fears punishment (having tail and horns removed or being turned to stone). (3) He changes his mind because he has learned Lucy is kind and he cannot betray her; (4) he decides to escort her back to safety instead.
Identify one theme or lesson that could come from these chapters and explain it with one example from the text.
What is Courage and kindness overcome fear or wrongdoing? Example: Lucy forgives Mr Tumnus and he rescues her instead of following the Witch’s orders.