<p> Chapter 1</p><p>Pre-reading Questions:</p><p>1. Define allusion (see above literary terms)</p><p>2. Define the following vocabulary: Indignant</p><p>Coiner</p><p>Cistern 3. Look at the title of the chapter. Below list a few words that you think of when you see the word “wrong”. Now list a few that you think of when you see the word “door”.</p><p>During reading Questions:</p><p>1. What does the narrator say is really important about this story?</p><p>2. Look up the following allusions made in Chapter 1. What do they have to do with the story?</p><p>Sherlock Holmes</p><p>Bastables</p><p>Eton collar</p><p>Treasure Island</p><p>3. At the beginning of the chapter, how does Lewis portray the time period?</p><p>4. What is Polly Plummer like when you first meet her?</p><p>5. Why is Digory crying?</p><p>6. What’s strange about Digory’s aunt and uncle?</p><p>7. What is the smuggler’s cave?</p><p>8. “Grown-ups are always thinking of uninteresting explanations.” Who says this? Why might it be important to the story?</p><p>9. What was D and P’s original plan in the attic? Where did they end up? 10. “If Polly had been a very little younger she would have wanted to put one in her mouth.” What would Polly have put in her mouth?</p><p>11. How did D and P act around Uncle Andrew? What does this say about his character?</p><p>12. What happens to Polly at the end of the chapter? </p><p>Post-reading Questions:</p><p>1. What do you think Digory will do?</p><p>2. How are D and P different?</p>