Question: At once, there was a feeling of growing, and the sylph began to shrink away from them.
As they increased in size, the sylph seemed to lose height.

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question: Natalia had been right.
Natalia was wrong.

Answer: no

Question: He slapped the cover shut and stuck the sun-tipped awl where it would light as much of the orrery as possible.
The orrery needed a lot of sun light.

Answer:
it is not possible to tell