Northlake Book Club
Read and discuss Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe with us!
Book Club
Chapter 1: Mrs. Hoffman
1. Who are the characters you have met so far? What do you know about them?
2. What is the setting of the story in chapter 1?
3. Share a summary of chapter 1: include a detail from the beginning, middle, and end of the chapter.
Chapter 2: Mrs. Donaldson
Discussion Questions:
1. What did it mean when the Faun asked Lucy if she was a Daughter of Eve?
2. What did Mr. Tumnus need to do for the White Witch?
3. What happened to Lucy?
Chapter 3: Miss Huhta
1. Why do you think Lucy had begun to wonder whether Narnia was a dream?
2. How would you describe the lady on the sledge, based on what is told about her in this chapter?
Chapter 4: Mrs. Cottrell
1. What is enchanting about the Queen's Turkish Delight?
2. What reason does the Queen give for why Edmund should bring his brother and two sisters to her house?
3. Why did the Queen not want Edmond to tell his siblings about her?
4. What do you think Edmond will do, now that he has learned the Queen is the White Witch?
Chapter 5: Mr. Smith
1.Out of "spite" Edmund said that Lucy was lying. What does "spite" mean?
2.How did Peter say Edmund had always behaved?
3.What did the Professor say were the only three logical possibilities?
Chapter 6: Mrs. Smith
1.) What was Peter's reaction to Edmund's deception , and how would you react?
2.) Do you think the group should stay and help Mr. Tumnus, like Lucy, or flee Narnia, like Susan.
3.) The children aren't sure who to trust at first. Edmund considers the queen as royalty, and can be confided in, while Lucy believes she is an evil witch. Whom do you think Peter should believe, and why?
Chapter 7: Miss Eaton
1.) The children decide to trust the beaver and follow him to his den, would you have trusted him so easily? Why?
2.) What happened to the tone of the chapter when Mr. Beaver mentioned Aslan? Who do you think Aslan is?
3.) Why was it a good thing that it snowed while the children and beavers were eating?
Chapter 8: Mrs. Michael
1. What do Peter, Edmund, Susan, and Lucy learn about Aslan?
2. Someone goes missing while Mr. Beaver is talking. Who leaves? Where does he go and why?
3. Why aren't they going to go after him?
Chapter 9: Mrs. Gardner
1. Why do you think Edmund was determined to go to the Witch even though he knew deep down she was evil?
2. What were some of the excuses he made up about the Witch in his own mind?
3. Do you think he believed that the stone lion was Aslan? Why or why not?
Chapter 10: Mrs. Bergonzine
Chapter 11: Mrs. Donaldson
Chapter 12: Ms. Magnuson
1. Once they reached the hilltop, who stood off to their right?
2. After Aslan warns the group, what does he ask?
3. What did Peter forget to do after his first battle?
Chapter 13: Mrs. Becker
1. What do you think of the way the rescuers treated Edmund?
2. Why do you think Aslan said there was no need to talk about what was past?
3. Why do you think Aslan told Mr. Beaver to keep quiet?
Chapter 14: Mr. Berg
1. What did Aslan say about his presence in the battle that was to come?
2. What did the girls see when they woke up in the middle of the night?
3. What was done to Aslan before he was put on the Stone Table?
Chapter 15: Ms. Mulligan
1. What did the girls do after the witch's arm left?
2. What happened when Aslan roared?
Chapter 16: Ms. RamÃrez
- How did the statues come to life?
- Who helped the animals escape?
- How did Lucy know the witch had been using her wand during the battle?
Chapter 17: Mrs. Wilson
1. What had Edmund done that had kept the Witch from overpowering Aslan's forces?
2. Do you think Edmund should have been told what Aslan had done for him? Why or Why not?
3. When the children found the lamppost in the wood, why did they decide not to turn back at that point?
4. How did the Professor react to their story?