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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Happy Medium fall asleep?
(a) She hasn't had sleep since the Dark Thing began.
(b) Because she's worn out from using the crystal ball.
(c) She is ill and doesn't have much energy.
(d) She didn't have breakfast.

2. Why does Meg get into a fight with a boy after school?
(a) Because he called her twin brothers normal.
(b) Because he called her little brother dumb.
(c) The boy grabs her books from her.
(d) The boy makes fun of her glasses.

3. What did Mrs. Whatsit not mean to tell the children about being a star?
(a) That it's better being who she is now.
(b) That she didn't like it at all.
(c) That it was hard work.
(d) That she loved it.

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

5. Who appears after Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who, proclaiming that "weee hhave mmuch ttoo ddoo?"
(a) Mrs. Whatsit.
(b) Mrs. Murry.
(c) The postmistress.
(d) Mrs. Which.

Short Answer 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?

2. What does the Medium show everyone as proof that the Dark Thing can be overcome?

3. What does Mrs. Whatsit order Charles Wallace NOT to do while on Camazotz?

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

5. What does the Happy Medium first show in her crystal ball?

(see the answer key)

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