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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 feeling did Meg have after she resumed kything in Chapter 3?

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

3. In Chapter 4, what comes that almost makes Charles Wallace loosen his grasp of Gaudior?

4. In Chapter 2, what is the name of the dog that shows up?

5. In Chapter 1, what is baking in the oven?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens as Madoc and Zyll are married?

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

4. What is kything?

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

6. How is Zylle saved?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or characters?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does the author use imagery to help readers imagine the world she has created?

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