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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 type of biology does Mrs. Murry study?

2. What is Harcel's gift?

3. What color is the cloud that covers the sky in the Projection in Chapter 4?

4. What was Madoc's brother's name?

5. In Chapter 6, what color are the eyes of Zylle's baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Meg see and sense when she returns to kything with Charles Wallace in Chapter 3?

2. What information does Sandys find for Meg?

3. What is Brandon's gift, and how would he be trained if the was one of Zylle's people?

4. In Chapter 3 when Charles Wallace arrives, what are people doing near the dwelling by the lake?

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

6. How is Zylle saved?

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 1, who calls Mr. Murry and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the book and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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