Read the passage from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. This story is about something that happened to them when they were sent away from London during the war because of the air-raids. They were sent to the house of an old Professor who lived in the heart of the country, ten miles from the nearest railway station and two miles from the nearest post office. He had no wife and he lived in a very large house with a housekeeper called Mrs. Macready and three servants. - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis The important details in this passage support the central idea that air raids were much worse in London than in smaller towns. life in the country was very different from life in London. all four children were unhappy about having to leave their home. the children were sent away from home to protect them from air raids.

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Read the passage from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. This story is about something that happened to them when they were sent away from London during the war because of the air-raids. They were sent to the house of an old Professor who lived in the heart of the country, ten miles from the nearest railway station and two miles from the nearest post office. He had no wife and he lived in a very large house with a housekeeper called Mrs. Macready and three servants. - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis The important details in this passage support the central idea that air raids were much worse in London than in smaller towns. life in the country was very different from life in London. all four children were unhappy about having to leave their home. the children were sent away from home to protect them from air raids.

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Judith Preston · Answer 1

The important details in this passage support the central idea that:

D) the children were sent away from home to protect them from air raids.

Explanation:

According to the excerpt, the children were sent to a house in "the heart of the country, ten miles from the nearest railway station and two miles from the nearest post office." The purpose of these details is to show that the house was very much isolated. Therefore, it would most likely not be targeted during air raids, which tend to attack larger cities or military bases. The children would be, thus, protected while staying there.

"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" is a fantasy novel for children by author C. S. Lewis, published in 1950.