Name: ______________________ Date_________________

CHAPTER 2

Word Study
Part 1: Fill in the blanks

Below are sentences from the novel with missing vocabulary terms. Fill in the blanks with the
appropriate word.

lulling heartily jollification

melancholy reigns wringing

1. “Ah!” said Mr. Tumnus in a rather ________________________ voice, “if only I had worked
harder at geography when I was a little faun. . . .”
2. “Daughter of Eve from the far land of Spare Oom where eternal summer
________________________ around the bright city of War Drobe...”
3. “. . . the streams would run with wine instead of water and the whole forest would give
itself up to ________________________ for weeks on end.”
4. “He merely took the handkerchief and kept on using it, ________________________ it out
with both hands whenever it got too wet to be any more use...”
5. “and invite it home to my cave, all for the sake of ______________________ it asleep?”
6. “Why of course I can,” said Lucy, shaking him _______________________ by the hand.”

Part 2: Meaning: Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions. Hint: read around
the word from part A

7. _______lulling A. gloomy; unhappy

8. _______heartily
9. _______reigns
10. _______wringing
11. _______melancholy
12. _______jollification
B. festivity; merrymaking
C. enthusiastically, energetically
D. soothing; comforting
E. rules; governs
F. squeezing; twisting

Created by My Y Lay Nguyen

 Reading Comprehension
Part 1: Circle the correct answer.

1. A faun is half human half 4. Why was Mr. Tumnus crying?

a. bull a. He was afraid she was hurt
b. lion after pricking her finger.
c. goat b. He did not want to turn her
d. horse over to the White Witch now
that he knew her.
2. What did Mr. Tumnus call Lucy? c. He was sorry to see her go
a. an inquisitive child home after just getting to
b. a Daughter of Eve know her.
c. a human vermin d. The White Witch punished
d. a lost, mysterious creature him for trying to trick Lucy.

3. What happened to Lucy while she 5. What did the White Witch ban
was at Mr. Tumnus’s cave? from Narnia?
a. The White Witch gave her some a. Sleighs
candy. b. Christmas
b. Aslan arrived and told Lucy to c. winter
hurry home immediately. d. books
c. Mr. Tumnus lulled her to sleep
with his flute. 6. What did Lucy give Mr.
d. She pricked her finger on Mr. Tumnus to keep?
Tumnus’s sewing machine. 1. Her handkerchief
2. her sweater
3. her locket
4. a lock of her hair
Part 2: In your own words, answer the following questions in FULL SENTENCES.

7. Describe what Narnia looks like.

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8. Where did Mr. Tumnus take Lucy after meeting her?

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9. Do you think Mr. Tumnus is good or bad? Why?

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 Character Study
Part 1: In dot points, write down the description for each character

Name Appearance Personality

PETER PEVENSIE

SUSAN PEVENSIE
EDWARD PEVENSIE

LUCY PEVENSIE
Part 2: Use the character matrix below to explore one of the characters in depth. Write in FULL
SENTENCES

Character _____________________________
Focus Your Response
Wants
What does this character
want or need?

Problem
What problems is this
character experiencing, or
what is keeping the
character from getting what
they want?

Character Development
Describe what the character
looks like, personality
description, and other
information that lets you
know about the character.

Author’s Description 1)
Select 3-4 words, phrases,
descriptions, or situations
that helped you to 2)
“understand” your
character…
3)
Please use page #
CITATIONS to show where
you found the information 4)