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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the example Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who utilize to illustrate how tessering works?
(a) An insect on a string.
(b) An ant crawling on the stem of a flower.
(c) An ant scurrying into a hole in the ground.
(d) A bee flying from flower to flower.

2. What does Mrs. Whatsit call Mrs. Murry that "one wouldn't ordinarily think of calling Mrs. Murry?"
(a) Honey.
(b) Lamb.
(c) Dearie.
(d) Ma'am.

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

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

5. How old does Mrs. Whatsit say she is?
(a) 2,379,152,497 years, 8 months and 3 days.
(b) Twenty years old because she was born on Leap Year.
(c) About one hundred years old.
(d) She can't remember she's so old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies Meg on the flight to see the Black Thing?

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

3. Why does Charles Wallace insist they go and see Mrs. Whatsit in Chapter 2?

4. Along the way, Meg hears some birds who seem to be telling her something. Who translates their words for her?

5. Despite what Mr. Jenkins the Principal says, Meg still believes her father is returning. Why?

(see the answer key)

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