2. What vices does Edmund show even before he meets the White Queen?

3. Why might Lucy be the first one of the children to discover Narnia?

4. What connection can you see between the animals the children name in Chapter I to the child who names them?

5. What prepares Mr. Tumnus to heroically give up his plan to kidnap Lucy?

6. How does Lewis give Edmund an excuse for the evil that he does in the story?

7. Just as happened in The Hobbit, strange forces seem at work in various parts of The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe. Where do you see the "magic" working? Is it accidental? Why or why not?

8. How does Edmund work on undermining Lucy even after the children all get into Narnia? What is his purpose?

9. In what ways does this story so far fit our definition of "fantasy"? In what ways does it not fit? Why might we say the story is more allegory than strictly fantasy?

10. In chapter 8 how might we characterize a way Aslan is not safe?

11. What is the meaning of Mr. Beaver's remarks about the evil in things that are not quite human?