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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the individual that the children meet in the haunted house in Chapter 2 wearing and doing?
(a) She's wearing thick glasses and is sewing.
(b) She's wearing a witch's costume and is sewing.
(c) She's wearing a black suit and is reading a book.
(d) She's wearing sunglasses and is knitting.

2. Who do Charles Wallace, Meg and Fortinbras meet at the house in the woods?
(a) A policeman.
(b) Mrs. Murry.
(c) The school principal.
(d) Calvin O'Keefe.

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

4. Why are Sandy and Dennys upset that they weren't awakened when the "tramp" was in the house?
(a) They wanted to report the tramp to the police.
(b) Because they wanted to protect their mother and family.
(c) Because they wanted to join the fun.
(d) They wanted to retrieve Mrs. Buncombe's sheets.

5. What is the weather like the night Mrs. Whatsit appeared at the Murry house?
(a) Dark and stormy.
(b) Rainy and hailing.
(c) Sunny and breezy.
(d) Overcast, about to rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles Wallace offer to make in the kitchen?

2. Why does Dennys believe that Charles Wallace will have a hard time in school next year?

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

4. Why does Meg look at her mother with a mixture of admiration and resentment in Chapter 1?

5. Why does Charles Wallace agree to take Fortinbras with them into the woods?

(see the answer key)

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