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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Meg and Charles Wallace refuse to let Calvin go into the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building by himself. Why?
(a) Meg thinks that Calvin has a bad sense of direction and will exit the wrong way.
(b) Charles Wallace is suspicious and thinks Calvin might be up to something.
(c) Because Mrs. Whatsit said they must always be together.
(d) Because Meg is scared of being alone with Charles Wallace.

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) Go into IT.
(c) Get a sledge hammer to break the column.
(d) Learn how to rearrange molecules in walls.

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

4. How has Mr. Murry's appearance changed when the children see him in Chapter 9?
(a) He is overweight and his head is shaved.
(b) He is skinnier than Meg and has shrunk in height.
(c) He has long hair, a beard, and no glasses.
(d) Not at all.

5. When the Man with the Red Eyes decides to let Meg see her father, who does he assign to take her?
(a) Himself.
(b) One of his men.
(c) Charles Wallace.
(d) Calvin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't the Mrs. W's help Mr. Murry tesser back to Camazotz?

2. What is the reminder Mrs. Whatsit says about Camazotz that pains Meg?

3. Meg and Calvin repeatedly question Charles Wallace on their way to Mr. Murry in Chapter 8. In response, what does he warn them he will do?

4. When Meg is reunited with her father at the Beasts' dining table, why does she feel distant from him?

5. What does Charles Wallace tell Meg and Calvin to do in front of the strange man in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building?

Short Essay Questions

1. Meg goes from a baby having a tantrum to a somewhat-mature young woman in a flash when she suddenly decides to go alone to rescue Charles Wallace. Is this turn-around too quick?

2. Does Charles Wallace obey his father when they meet in Chapter 9?

3. Do you think it's dawning on Meg at all by Chapter 11 that she might end up rescuing her little brother on her own?

4. When Meg comes to in Chapter 10, she doesn't know where she is and she can't move. What has happened to her after tessering from Camazotz?

5. Relate the message Mrs. Which gives Meg when she lands for the second time on Camazotz.

6. Calvin says that if three of the Beasts arrived on his planet, he would shoot them. What does that say about his beliefs?

7. The Beasts have a much smaller vocabulary than the humans, yet they are very capable of communicating well. Why is that?

8. In Chapter 10, what disappoints Meg most about her father?

9. Describe Meg's reaction to the Beast who first touches her cheek with its tentacle.

10. Meg and Calvin accuse the Man with Red Eyes of hypnotizing Charles Wallace. The Man with Red Eyes says that's a "primitive" way of describing what he's done. How would you describe it?

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