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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. Where do farandolae live?

2. What does Jenkins One say about Charles?

3. When a rift in the sky is formed, what can be heard?

4. Why is Meg uncomfortable with her father gone?

5. How does Meg end up remembering something nice about Mr. Jenkins?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Meg ask Progo to do when a second Mr. Jenkins appears and what does he say?

3. What is Calvin's assignment?

4. What happens when Charles and Meg get to the garden and there are no dragons?

5. What does Charles look like when he comes home from school and what does Meg ask him?

6. What does Blajeny want with the children and why?

7. What does Progo answer when Meg asks him about failing the test?

8. What do the three Jenkinses say to Meg's inquiry about Charles and Louise?

9. Why is Meg pleased that Charles brought Louise to school?

10. How does Meg feel about Mr. Jenkins, why does she go to see him and what happened when she did?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A very tall stranger wearing dark robes strides out of the woods and into the pasture. He tells the children he is a teacher. He said his classroom was everywhere.

1. What kind of teacher do you think Blajeny is? What subjects might he teach? How might he teach them?

2. If a teacher said his classroom was everywhere, what do you think he would mean by that?

Essay Topic 2

Meg is having trouble coping with the realization that their safe little village is actually as unpredictable and precarious as anywhere else. The uncertainty of life alarms her.

1. Why do you think Meg is alarmed at the uncertainty of life? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Have you ever felt that life was scary because it was uncertain? Why or why not?

3. What are some of the things you think are absolutely certain about life and what are some that you think are completely uncertain?

Essay Topic 3

This chapter is a metaphor for the principle of turning the other cheek, or continuing to love even after one has been hurt.

1. How does turning the other cheek relate to Meg's fear and behavior after she was caught by one of the Echthros-Jenkins in Yadah?

2. Describe an incident in your life or someone you know when turning the other cheek helped a situation or not turning the cheek worsened one.

3. Describe a situation, imaginary if you like, in which you would be unwilling to turn the other cheek.

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