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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. How many of David's children died of diphtheria in one week?

2. Who dies that causes Zylle to be convicted as a witch?

3. What burns when the thunderstorm comes up as prepare Zylle for hanging?

4. How much older was Madoc's brother than he?

5. What color are the curtains in Meg's childhood bedroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is kything?

2. How is Meg's childhood room furnished?

3. How does Madoc create fire and defeat Gwydyr?

4. In Chapter 1, what are Charles Wallace and his father constructing?

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

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

7. Who is Madoc?

8. How is Zylle saved?

9. How does Charles Wallace sum up his experiences Within Madoc?

10. What does Madoc see in a small pool of water in the sand?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal, meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

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

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood A Swiftly Tilting Planet, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

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