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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Despite what Mr. Jenkins the Principal says, Meg still believes her father is returning. Why?
(a) Because the government just notified her about him.
(b) Because her father called the earlier in the week.
(c) Because her mother believes it.
(d) Because Charles Wallace said he is coming back.

3. Why is Meg bored in math class?
(a) Because she would rather solve the world's problems than math problems.
(b) Because her father taught her clever shortcuts to solving problems.
(c) Because she doesn't like math and would rather study literature.
(d) Because nothing the math teacher says makes sense.

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

5. The dog growls at the lab door in Chapter 1, and Mrs. Murry goes to see who's there. When she returns, who does she bring inside?
(a) Mrs. Whatsit.
(b) The school principal.
(c) Mrs. Buncombe.
(d) The Tramp.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Meg, who is the next family member to enter the kitchen in Chapter 1?

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

4. In Chapter 3, why does Calvin say Meg is so lucky?

5. Why does Mrs. Murry tell Calvin she continues with an experiment that afternoon that she and Mr. Murry had started earlier?

(see the answer key)

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