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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 was the name of the Murry's dog that died?

2. Where did Calvin get the blue anorak he gave Charles Wallace?

3. What does Gaudior's name mean?

4. What is the title of the person who mediates differences of opinion for the People of the Wind?

5. In Chapter 6, how old is Brandon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as Madoc and Zyll are married?

2. What happens when Charles Wallace calls on Heaven with its power?

3. In Chapter 6, what does Charles Wallace see as he looks around?

4. In Chapter 3, what does Meg see and hear that is disrupted by cacophony?

5. What happens when Mrs. O'Keefe begins to recite a rune?

6. How does Madoc create fire and defeat Gwydyr?

7. In Chapter 4, what cuts across the beauty of the flight and how does it affect Charles Wallace?

8. How is Meg's childhood room furnished?

9. In Chapter 4, what is the creature like that comes toward Charles Wallace and the unicorn in the Projection, and how do they escape?

10. Where do Charles Wallace and the unicorn land in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Charles Wallace wants to direct Where and When he and Gaudior go. How does Charles Wallace try to direct Where and When he and Gaudior go? What happens when he directs their travels and does not allow the Wind to send them where they need to go? How does he learn to trust the Wind?

Essay Topic 2

Calvin is very different from his family. How is Calvin very different from his family? Why does he fit in better with the Murrys than with the family with which he grew up?

Essay Topic 3

Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does the author use personification in the book? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects?

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