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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Progo tell Meg about love and her?

2. What does Blajeny say when Calvin asks about fitting inside a mitochondria?

3. What does Sporos do when the Echthroi and Jenkins speak with one voice?

4. What does the Echthros-Jenkins tell the little farandolae?

5. How long does an Echthros tend to appear as a human body they've used?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is deepening, how does it feel and why do some avoid it?

2. What happens to Mr. Jenkins in the schoolyard after he faints?

3. What does Jenkins say about the Deepened farae and communication?

4. What does Progo tell Meg about why she was in pain?

5. What was the experiment Calvin told Meg about?

6. What does Sporos do when the Echthroi takes over Mr. Jenkins?

7. What does Jenkins feel he lacks and how do he and Meg resolve their differences?

8. What does the inside of the mitochondria look and feel like?

9. What does Meg tell Jenkins about when she first kythes with him and how does he feel about it?

10. How do Calvin, Meg and Jenkins get the little farandolae to deepen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

L'Engle frequently repeats the concept that both size and distance are irrelevant and that life is united on some other, non-physical level. Many philosophers and religions have espoused this theory, but L'Engle's story unites spiritual philosophy with modern science in support of this belief.

1. What do you think about the unity of life? Use examples from the book and your life to support your answer.

2. Have you ever had an experience that demonstrates the unity of life? If not write about a situation that might prove it, if you have describe your experience.

3. Choose a houseplant or yard plant and talk to it for a week. Describe what happens.

Essay Topic 2

Metron Arison symbolically portrays the author's message that what happens in the microcosm affects the macrocosm.

1. What do you think this means, the microcosm affects the macrocosm?

2. Describe a situation in your life that would demonstrate this principle.

3. Describe a situation in the world that would demonstrate this principle.

Essay Topic 3

Meg tried to explain to Jenkins that her little brother is tormented by his classmates because he has an IQ that is off the charts and because he knows more than any normal first-grader.

1. What do you think a student should do if she/he doesn't fit into the crowd at school? Use examples from the book and your life to support your answer.

2. What do you think makes a student stick out from others? Use examples from the book and your life to support your answer.

3. Why do you think children tend to pick on another who is different?

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