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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 say Mr. Jenkins is too slow at?

2. What is the importance of whether Charles is Xed by the Echthroi?

3. What did a plant do when a biologist thought to burn it?

4. What does Meg do when she is in pain?

5. What does Blajeny tell Mr. Jenkins what happened to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Calvin tell Meg about kything with adults?

2. What does Progo tell Meg is the cause of Charles' illness?

3. What does Meg tell Jenkins about when she first kythes with him and how does he feel about it?

4. What is deepening, how does it feel and why do some avoid it?

5. How do Calvin, Meg and Jenkins get the little farandolae to deepen?

6. What does Jenkins say about the Deepened farae and communication?

7. How does Meg finally deal with Mr. Jenkins?

8. What does the group listen to in the mitochondria?

9. What are the little farandolae doing in the and what is the result?

10. What did Progo say about Sporos and the Echthroi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Meg eyes Charles Wallace. His clothes are torn, and he sports a fresh bruise under his left eye. Meg questions him about this latest beating. Charles Wallace has only been in school for two months, but every week he comes home with fresh injuries.

1. There always seems to be several children in school who are singled out for being bullied. Why do you think this happens? Use examples from the book and from your own life to support your answer.

2. If you saw a child being bullied and beaten by others, what would you do? Why would you do it?

3. Do you think it is the students', the teachers or the principal's job or all three, to help a student who is being bullied? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Although Sporos is an imaginary creature, he represents some very real human frailties. His pride and need to feel superior to others creates a parallel to Mr. Jenkins' character.

1. Why do you think a person might need to feel superior to others? Use examples from the book and/or your own life to support your answer.

2. How do you think the character of Sporos parallels Mr. Jenkins' character? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Jenkins is beginning to realize that his judgment of others and inflated sense of superiority were actually only masks designed to hide his feelings of inferiority.

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

2. Describe a person you know or have heard of who acted superior but really felt inferior.

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