Chapter 10
1. What disagreement do Mrs. Beaver and the others have?
2. Why doesn’t Lucy enjoy the journey?
3. Why does the narrator describe Peter’s voice as “pale” on p. 104?
4. What does Father Christmas give the children and why does he say they are “tools, not toys?”
Chapter 11
1. How is Edmund’s experience different than what he had expected?
2. Why aren’t the wolves able to track the Beavers and the children?
3. Why is Edmund so miserable on the journey?
4. Describe the Queen’s meeting with the fox family, satyrs and the dwarf.
5. What changes does Edmund notice around him?
Chapter 12
1. What adjectives does the narrator use to describe the scene?
2. Why can’t the group continue to follow the river?
3. Why do the children need to go to the Stone Table?
4. Describe Aslan and the creatures around him.
5. Why does Peter have to fight the wolves by himself?
Chapter 13
1. What is the Cair Paravel?
2. What conclusion does Edmund draw about what will happen to him?
3. How is Edmund rescued?
4. How do the Witch and the dwarf escape?
5. What do you think Aslan said to Edmund?
6. Why does the Witch think Edmund belongs to her?
Chapter 14
1. Why do you think Aslan can’t promise to help the children in the battle?
2. How does Aslan seem different in the night than he did during the day?
3. Describe the scene at the Stone Table.
4. Why doesn’t Aslan fight against the Witch?
5. What would have happened if Aslan had not sacrificed himself?
Chapter 15
1. Why were the children in danger?
2. What things did the girls notice when they were trying to untie the lion?
3. How was Aslan able to come back to life?
4. Why do you think the children and Aslan go to the witch’s house?
Chapter 16
1. If you’ve read the Harry Potter books, you’ve already met centaurs and giants. How are those creatures the same in Narnia, and how are they
different?
2. Look through this chapter and notice how Aslan gives every creature a job to do that fits that creature’s design. How many different jobs can you find creatures doing?
Chapter 17
1. For the first time in the book, Lucy fails to be a model and is even chastised by Aslan. What was she doing that was so wrong?
2. Susan and Lucy disagree about whether Edmund should be told of Aslan’s sacrifice. Who do you think is wiser about this?
3. What do you think of the good laws that the kings and queens made? Can you tell that Lewis didn’t like school very much?
4. How have the four children changed over the course of the book? Which one do you identify with the most now?
1. What disagreement do Mrs. Beaver and the others have?
2. Why doesn’t Lucy enjoy the journey?
3. Why does the narrator describe Peter’s voice as “pale” on p. 104?
4. What does Father Christmas give the children and why does he say they are “tools, not toys?”
Chapter 11
1. How is Edmund’s experience different than what he had expected?
2. Why aren’t the wolves able to track the Beavers and the children?
3. Why is Edmund so miserable on the journey?
4. Describe the Queen’s meeting with the fox family, satyrs and the dwarf.
5. What changes does Edmund notice around him?
Chapter 12
1. What adjectives does the narrator use to describe the scene?
2. Why can’t the group continue to follow the river?
3. Why do the children need to go to the Stone Table?
4. Describe Aslan and the creatures around him.
5. Why does Peter have to fight the wolves by himself?
Chapter 13
1. What is the Cair Paravel?
2. What conclusion does Edmund draw about what will happen to him?
3. How is Edmund rescued?
4. How do the Witch and the dwarf escape?
5. What do you think Aslan said to Edmund?
6. Why does the Witch think Edmund belongs to her?
Chapter 14
1. Why do you think Aslan can’t promise to help the children in the battle?
2. How does Aslan seem different in the night than he did during the day?
3. Describe the scene at the Stone Table.
4. Why doesn’t Aslan fight against the Witch?
5. What would have happened if Aslan had not sacrificed himself?
Chapter 15
1. Why were the children in danger?
2. What things did the girls notice when they were trying to untie the lion?
3. How was Aslan able to come back to life?
4. Why do you think the children and Aslan go to the witch’s house?
Chapter 16
1. If you’ve read the Harry Potter books, you’ve already met centaurs and giants. How are those creatures the same in Narnia, and how are they
different?
2. Look through this chapter and notice how Aslan gives every creature a job to do that fits that creature’s design. How many different jobs can you find creatures doing?
Chapter 17
1. For the first time in the book, Lucy fails to be a model and is even chastised by Aslan. What was she doing that was so wrong?
2. Susan and Lucy disagree about whether Edmund should be told of Aslan’s sacrifice. Who do you think is wiser about this?
3. What do you think of the good laws that the kings and queens made? Can you tell that Lewis didn’t like school very much?
4. How have the four children changed over the course of the book? Which one do you identify with the most now?