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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Meg realizes she's hungry and hasn't had much to eat since the stew at home, what does Charles Wallace reveal about the three old ladies and their eating habits?
(a) They don't eat.
(b) They are herbivores and eat wildflowers only.
(c) They eat mysterious foods not known to humans.
(d) They eat but not with regular humans like them.

2. When Calvin goes to a house to return the ball that a little boy dropped on the street, the boy's mother is reluctant to let him in because ____________________.
(a) She has nothing to offer him and his friends.
(b) Calvin looks like he might want to fight her son.
(c) Calvin is tall and scary.
(d) Calvin hasn't shown her any papers.

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

4. Why does Mrs. Murry tell Calvin she continues with an experiment that afternoon that she and Mr. Murry had started earlier?
(a) She noticed that her husband made some mistakes.
(b) She couldn't wait for her husband to figure it out.
(c) She's more interested in the topic matter than her husband.
(d) So as not to be too far behind when he comes back.

5. According to Mrs. Whatsit, how long has the Dark Thing been darkening the beauty of the earth?
(a) About one year.
(b) Less than one year.
(c) A couple of years.
(d) A good many years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Calvin read to Charles Wallace before putting him to bed in Chapter 3?

2. Meg asks her mother to tell her more about the tesseract in Chapter 3, but what does Mrs. Murry tell her instead?

3. What does school principal Jenkins call Meg when he scolds her in his office?

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

5. What does Calvin say to Meg on their way to her house in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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