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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reminder Mrs. Whatsit says about Camazotz that pains Meg?
(a) That they have never been interested in Camazotz.
(b) That the Mrs. W's cannot do anything on Camazotz.
(c) That if they will likely be imprisoned and put to sleep.
(d) That Charles Wallace has no desire to be rescued.

2. What does Charles Wallace tell Meg in Chapter 9 that she must do in order to get to her father?
(a) She can't do anything, she should just give up.
(b) Learn how to rearrange molecules in walls.
(c) Go into IT.
(d) Get a sledge hammer to break the column.

3. Mrs. Whatsit says the reason that Mr. Murry is bad at tessering is:
(a) He lacks good coordination.
(b) He always does it with his eyes closed.
(c) That he still treats it like he's working with a machine.
(d) He treats it like an everyday event.

4. Before seeing anyone new enter the Beasts' dining area in Chapter 12, Meg's heart "pounds with hope." Why?
(a) Because she has convinced her father to reconsider.
(b) Because she knows the Mrs. W's have arrived.
(c) Because her mother has suddenly appeared on Ixchel.
(d) Because the Beasts have offered to go with her.

5. What does the face of the strange man who communicates with Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building look like?
(a) His eyes are bright with a reddish glow.
(b) He has blue eyes that remind Meg of her father.
(c) He has no face.
(d) He has a very sweet face that's hard to describe.

6. After she tessers with her father and Calvin out of Camazotz, what happens to Meg?
(a) She loses her eyesight.
(b) She becomes temporarily paralyzed.
(c) She learns a mysterious new language.
(d) She becomes an expert at tessering.

7. What is Charles Wallace's interesting explanation for the lack of conflict on Camazotz?
(a) Everyone bounces balls to the exactly the same rhythm.
(b) Everyone is allowed to express their own opinions.
(c) Individualism has been done away with.
(d) Everyone believes that there is no other place than Camazotz.

8. In Chapter 8, Charles says everything on Camazotz is in order. Why?
(a) Because everybody rebels against tradition.
(b) Because everybody has learned to submit.
(c) Because there is no leader on the planet.
(d) Because everybody goes to a party everyday.

9. While in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building, Meg asks for food because she's hungry. What do four men in smocks arrive with moments later?
(a) Cheeseburgers and fries.
(b) A table and something that smelled like turkey.
(c) Macaroni and cheese.
(d) Something that smells like a roasted pig.

10. What does the Man with Red Eyes say when Calvin accuses him of hypnotizing Charles Wallace?
(a) He thinks hypnotized is a primitive way of describing it.
(b) He completely agrees Charles is hypnotized.
(c) He calls Charles's state of mind sweet and kind.
(d) The Man with Red Eyes says nothing at all.

11. Why does Meg realize she's the only one who can rescue Charles Wallace?
(a) She has memorized the streets and buildings on Camazotz.
(b) She's already professional at tessering.
(c) They know and understand each other best.
(d) She's the closest in age to him.

12. When Meg is about to leave on her rescue mission, why does she ask her father for forgiveness?
(a) She made him feel bad.
(b) Because she said she hated him.
(c) Because she called him a bad father.
(d) Because she accused him of hating Charles Wallace.

13. After the Man with Red Eyes orders his men to release Meg and Calvin, he identifies himself as __________________.
(a) The Prime Coordinator.
(b) The Prime Suspect.
(c) The Deputy Head of CENTRAL Central Intelligence.
(d) The Prime Planner.

14. At one point in Chapter 8, Charles Wallace leads Calvin and Meg through a wall by raising his hand. What exactly did he do to get through a solid wall?
(a) His supernatural strengths crushed the wall.
(b) He rearranged the atoms in the wall.
(c) He performed magic and made the wall disappear.
(d) The wall was a figment of Meg's and Calvin's imagination.

15. How does Charles Wallace react to Meg rushing to the object containing their father in Chapter 9?
(a) He cries.
(b) He jumps in front of her and blocks her view.
(c) He rushes to help her up.
(d) He laughs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Soon after Meg is reunited with her father in Chapter 9, what, to her horror, does she realize about him?

2. In Chapter 11, Calvin urges Meg to try explaining to everyone who Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which are, but when Meg tries, she fumbles. Why?

3. Charles Wallace takes Meg and Calvin to a transparent column. Who is in that column?

4. When Meg can speak in Chapter 10, she tells her father firmly, in a voice that she has never used with him before that they shouldn't have tessered. Why?

5. What is the name of the Beasts' planet?

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