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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. Who supports Meg's story?

2. What color is the environment inside the mitochondria?

3. After Jenkins understands about the farae what does Progo say?

4. What does the Echthros-Jenkins tell the little farandolae?

5. How long does an Echthros tend to appear as a human body they've used?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Meg end up when she leaves the mitochondria and what is there?

3. What does Meg hear the Echthros-Jenkins say to the dancing farandolae?

4. What happens to Mr. Jenkins in the schoolyard after he faints?

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

6. What does Jenkins come to understand about Charles?

7. What was the experiment Calvin told Meg about?

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

9. What does Progo tell Meg about the farandolae and how they live and move?

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

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

In this climactic chapter, the author concludes her morality tale by advancing the notion that struggling with evil is not an effective way of overcoming it. As she emphasizes in each of the Time Quartet books, love is the strongest force in the universe, and only through love can evil be vanquished.

1. Why do you think the author suggests that struggling with evil is not the best way to deal with it?

2. Do you think love can overcome evil? Why or why not?

3. Do you think you could love something as evil as the Echthroi like Meg did? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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