View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the creature that shows up in the garden tell the children?
(a) find their father
(b) be not afraid
(c) run in the house
(d) go get their mother

2. Why does Meg decide to go outside after dinner?
(a) she heard a voice
(b) she's meeting her boyfriend
(c) she's restless
(d) she has to take the dog out

3. How does Charles look at the beginning of the book?
(a) dressed in a suit
(b) as if he has grown in a day
(c) with camping clothes on
(d) black eye and torn clothes

4. Why does Meg run back to the house?
(a) to check some food on the stove
(b) to get a sweater
(c) to get their father
(d) to get the dog

5. What truly alarms Meg?
(a) the uncertainty of life
(b) Charles may die
(c) her father may never return
(d) the timing of it

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the twins waiting for Charles?

2. What does Charles tell Meg about school and his behavior?

3. Where is Meg's mother at the beginning of the book?

4. How long is Mr. Murry going to be gone?

5. Why does Charles' statement alarm Meg?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 252 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample