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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The school principal.
(b) The Tramp.
(c) Mrs. Buncombe.
(d) Mrs. Whatsit.

2. What worries Charles Wallace about going to school next year?
(a) He thinks he knows nothing.
(b) He thinks it will be hard to fit in.
(c) He thinks he'll be bored to death
(d) He thinks that if he plays dumb, he'll become dumb.

3. After their dinner with Calvin, what does Mrs. Murry admit to Meg?
(a) She is still in love with Meg's father.
(b) She wishes that Meg's father were at the dinner table.
(c) Calvin has really bad manners.
(d) She misses Meg's father's great cooking.

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) They wanted to retrieve Mrs. Buncombe's sheets.
(c) Because they wanted to join the fun.
(d) Because they wanted to protect their mother and family.

5. Why isn't Charles Wallace scared or suspicious of Mrs. Who when he meets her?
(a) Because Calvin is there to protect them.
(b) Because Mrs. Who sews things for them.
(c) Because Fortinbras, their dog, doesn't bark or growl.
(d) Because Fortinbras, the dog, barks loudly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Seeing the picture of Meg's father, who does Calvin say he looks like?

3. What impresses the twins about Calvin more than Meg?

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

5. How does the author describe Calvin O'Keefe when Meg and Charles Wallace first meet him?

(see the answer key)

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