The Witch was throwing away the "core" of an apple.
What does the word "core" mean?
Category: edMe Reading Companion: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
edMe Reading Companion app for The Horse and His Boy(TM), the fifth Narnia book. It has high-quality formative questions to ensure that your student gets the most out of this great book.
Question #10
What did Aslan give to Digory after the coronation?
End of this story and the beginning of all the others.
What is this chapter mainly about?
What happened to the world that contained the ruins of Charn?
Aslan tells the children that their world must "beware" so that evil does not take over.
What does the word "beware" mean?
What does Aslan command the children to do with the magic rings?
At what time of the day did the children arrive back in their own world?
What did Uncle Andrew look for as soon as he was back in his house?
Digory's mother was "propped" up on the pillows in her bed.
What does the word "propped" mean in this context?
What does the word "scarcely" mean?
What did Digory do with the core of the apple he had fed to his mother?
The apple tree that grew in the Ketterley's garden fell down in a storm many years later.
What did Digory use that magic timber for?
Question #4
Why had Digory been crying?
Question #7
What was in Mrs. Lefay's secret box?
Question #10
Digory and Polly were less "solemn" on their second attempt with the different pool.
What does the word "solemn" mean?
Bell and the hammer
What is this chapter mostly about?
What was unusual about the light in the new world they entered?
It is possible that the stones of the buildings looked red because of the "curious" light.
What does the word "curious" mean in this context?
Polly and Digory stood on the "threshold" to look into the building.
What does the word "threshold" mean?
What did Polly and Digory see when they looked into the room with metal doors?
What interested Polly the most about these figures?
There were "precious" stones on the crowns of the figures.
What does the word "precious" mean in this context?
What was Digory's answer to why the clothes had not rotted away over time?
What did Digory do to Polly so that he could ring the golden bell without her leaving?