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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 is the name of the midwife in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 3, what does Meg see when she resume kything?

3. In Chapter 4, what does Meg pull over herself and Ananda to warm them?

4. Where was Mrs. O'Keefe's grandmother from?

5. What does Gwydyr have on his head?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Madoc?

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

3. Who is Mrs. O'Keefe, and what does she look like?

4. What does Gwydyr want?

5. What is kything?

6. What can be seen at the beginning of Chapter 1?

7. What does Meg hear as Charles Wallace makes his way to her room?

8. What is the star-watching rock?

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

10. What change does Charles Wallace make when he is Within Harcels?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Mr. Maddox dies and leaves his family financially destitute. How do the Maddoxes try to survive after Mr. Maddox dies? What role does desperation play in the decisions Mrs. Maddox makes to try to survive?

Essay Topic 3

Mad Dog Branzillo poses a threat to the planet and the universe. What threat does Branzillo pose to the planet? How might a nuclear war also threaten the universe?

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