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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 does Meg suggest to their mother?

2. What does Progo tell Meg namers need to know?

3. What happens when Meg finally names the correct Mr. Jenkins?

4. What does Jenkins One say about Charles?

5. What does Progo say Meg is doing when she hates Mr. Jenkins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Progo say is how the Echthroi create the comic rips?

2. Where do Meg and Progo go after she has breakfast, who do they meet first and what does he say to them?

3. What happens when Meg sees Mr. Jenkins in the garden?

4. What does Progo tell Meg when she asks him about her hate for Mr. Jenkins?

5. What does Charles say to Meg about mitochondria and farandolae?

6. What does Meg notice about Charles' physical condition and what does he tell her?

7. What does Progo say about love when he tries to get Meg to understand about Mr. Jenkins and her hate?

8. How does Progo explain a namer to Meg?

9. What does Mrs. Murry say their father is working on and what do the twins say to that?

10. What does Meg tell her mother Charles thinks is wrong with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Meg tried to explain to Jenkins that her little brother is tormented by his classmates because he has an IQ that is off the charts and because he knows more than any normal first-grader.

1. What do you think a student should do if she/he doesn't fit into the crowd at school? Use examples from the book and your life to support your answer.

2. What do you think makes a student stick out from others? Use examples from the book and your life to support your answer.

3. Why do you think children tend to pick on another who is different?

Essay Topic 2

L'Engle frequently repeats the concept that both size and distance are irrelevant and that life is united on some other, non-physical level. Many philosophers and religions have espoused this theory, but L'Engle's story unites spiritual philosophy with modern science in support of this belief.

1. What do you think about the unity of life? Use examples from the book and your life to support your answer.

2. Have you ever had an experience that demonstrates the unity of life? If not write about a situation that might prove it, if you have describe your experience.

3. Choose a houseplant or yard plant and talk to it for a week. Describe what happens.

Essay Topic 3

Blajeny explains that some things can only be understood with one's heart or intuition, not with one's logical mind.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your opinion.

2. Explain a situation you handled based on intuition or a problem you solved.

3. Do you think problem solving works best intuitively or logically? Why or why not?

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