Vocabulary activity for Chapters 1 - 4 of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis!

Here are some exerts from the story. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word. When you have answered all of the questions, click the "Check Answer" button. A box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.

1. "There's sure to be a _____ if we're heard talking here."

   
   
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   1.   ?      row
   2.   ?      wireless
   3.   ?      wardrobe

2. There's a _____ and lots of books.

   
   
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   1.   ?      wireless
   2.   ?      row
   3.   ?      inquisitive

3. Shortly after that they looked into a room that was quite empty except for one big _____; the sort that has a looking-glass in the door.

   
   
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   1.   ?      wardrobe
   2.   ?      wireless
   3.   ?      service

4. This is very _____," she said, and went on a step or two further.

   
   
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   1.   ?      queer
   2.   ?      scarlet
   3.   ?      inquisitive

5. Lucy felt a little frightened, but she felt very _____ and excited as well.

   
   
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   1.   ?      inquisitive
   2.   ?      mantle
   3.   ?      melancholy

6. He was a _____. And when he saw Lucy he gave such a start of surprise that he dropped all his parcels.

   
   
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   1.   ?      faun
   2.   ?      mantle
   3.   ?      wardrobe

7. "Ah!" said Mr. Tumnus in a rather _____ voice.

   
   
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   1.   ?      melancholy
   2.   ?      inquisitive
   3.   ?      queer

8. "Like what I've done," said the Faun. "Taken _____ under the White Witch."

   
   
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   1.   ?      service
   2.   ?      sledge
   3.   ?      hoax

9. "A jolly good _____, Lu," he said as he came out again; "you have really taken us in, I must admit. We half-believed you."

   
   
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   1.   ?      hoax
   2.   ?      service
   3.   ?      wardrobe

10. He didn't like this at all and began _____ wildly in every direction; he even shouted out, "Lucy! Lu! Where are you? I know you're here."

    
    
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    1.   ?      groping
    2.   ?      hoaxing
    3.   ?      rowing

11. He listened and the sound came nearer and nearer and at last there swept into sight a _____ drawn by two reindeer.

    
    
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    1.   ?      sledge
    2.   ?      wardrobe
    3.   ?      row

12. Their harness was of _____ leather and covered with bells.

    
    
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    1.   ?      scarlet
    2.   ?      sledge
    3.   ?      mantle

13. "And how, pray, did you come to enter my _____?"

    
    
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    1.   ?      dominions
    2.   ?      mantles
    3.   ?      fauns

14. "Come and sit with me here on the sledge and I will put my _____ round you and we will talk."

    
    
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    1.   ?      mantle
    2.   ?      scarlet
    3.   ?      row

15. "What would you like best to eat?"
    "_____, please your Majesty," said Edmund.

    
    
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    1.   ?      Turkish Delight
    2.   ?      faun
    3.   ?      sledge