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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Whatsit say they do instead of travel at the speed of anything?
(a) Tesser.
(b) They jump over ponds.
(c) Ride broomsticks.
(d) They travel at whatever speed of time.

2. How does Meg feel when she notices the dark shadow?
(a) She thinks it's odd but can't put it into words.
(b) She simply wishes it would go away.
(c) It chills her with a fear she has never known before.
(d) She has little reaction because she's a strong and confident girl.

3. What happens in Chapter 4 when Meg suddenly finds herself alone in darkness and has no sense of where she is?
(a) She's very sleepy and awakens in the darkness.
(b) She's tired and wishes she could go back to sleep.
(c) Strange people appear before her.
(d) She can't feel her body or anything around her.

4. Where does Charles Wallace say Mrs. Whatsit lives with her two friends?
(a) In the old shingled house in the back of the woods.
(b) In the old shingled house across the street.
(c) In the house around the corner from theirs.
(d) In a large building in the neighboring town.

5. What does the individual that the children meet in the haunted house in Chapter 2 call Charles Wallace and Meg?
(a) Charlsie and Megsie.
(b) Charles and his Big Sister.
(c) Chuck and Mags.
(d) Charles Wallace and Meg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the children meet when they enter the haunted house in Chapter 2?

2. Just as Calvin tells Meg she has "dream-boat eyes," who appears from out of nowhere?

3. Why is school "all wrong" for Meg in Chapter 1?

4. What does Calvin do in Chapter 4 that Mrs. Whatsit tells him never to do in her presence?

5. What does Mrs. Whatsit call Mrs. Murry that "one wouldn't ordinarily think of calling Mrs. Murry?"

(see the answer key)

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