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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the tesseract, the children nearly stop somewhere before a voice says they can't because _____________________________.
(a) It's a two-dimensional planet where they can't materialize.
(b) It's a planet whose dimensions they don't know.
(c) It's a planet so evil that it will destroy the children.
(d) They've accidentally bounced back to earth.

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

3. Why does Meg look at her mother with a mixture of admiration and resentment in Chapter 1?
(a) Her mother works at home and always looks fresh.
(b) Her mother is a kind and beautiful woman, as well as a brilliant scientist.
(c) Her mother is beautiful and speaks fluent French.
(d) Her mother is pretty and every man wants to marry her.

4. What prompted Calvin to go to the haunted house?
(a) Someone told Calvin that he would find a treasure there.
(b) He got lost on his way home.
(c) A school assignment.
(d) A compulsion that he simply needed to go there.

5. When Calvin says he's horrible in math, what does Mrs. Murry suggest he do?
(a) Get help from Charles Wallace who's a genius.
(b) Get help from Meg who's a math genius.
(c) Get a good math tutor.
(d) Give up math and focus on literature.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Mrs. Whatsit give each child a flower for the journey?

3. When Meg finally joins Charles Wallace and Calvin in Chapter 4, what does she first notice about her surroundings?

4. When Mrs. Whatsit rests on a plateau in Chapter 4, what does she show the children?

5. Charles Wallace and Mrs. Murry offer food to Mrs. Whatsit. She expresses a fondness for what?

(see the answer key)

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