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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the strange feeling that Calvin has before they go to CENTRAL Central Intelligence?
(a) That they won't find anything they're looking for.
(b) That they're too young to get in.
(c) That they're going into terrible danger.
(d) Calvin worries that the building is haunted.

3. How did Mrs. Whatsit know where Charles Wallace lived?
(a) By its unique style.
(b) She simply guessed and was correct.
(c) By the smell.
(d) She looked up the directions on a map.

4. In Chapter 3, why does Calvin say Meg is so lucky?
(a) Because her mother is pretty and is a great cook.
(b) She lives in a nice house and has a wonderful loving family.
(c) Because her mother knows her name.
(d) Because she has a massive house with many rooms.

5. Whose vegetable garden do Meg and Calvin walk through in Chapter 3?
(a) The neighbors' vegetable garden.
(b) Meg's vegetable garden.
(c) The Twins' vegetable garden.
(d) Charles Wallace's vegetable garden.

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

7. Before dinner is served in Chapter 3, Mrs. Murry tells Meg to do what?
(a) Finish her homework.
(b) Take out the garbage.
(c) Clean the house.
(d) Write in her journal.

8. After Meg, who is the next family member to enter the kitchen in Chapter 1?
(a) Mrs. Murry.
(b) Mr. Murry.
(c) Dennys.
(d) Sandy.

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

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

11. How do Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin travel with Mrs. Whatsit?
(a) They go to an airfield and hop on a small plane.
(b) They climb on her back, and she flies them away.
(c) A Centaur with unusually large wings flies them away.
(d) Mrs. Whatsit gives them wings and they fly together.

12. What does the Happy Medium live in?
(a) A secret bunker.
(b) A cave.
(c) On the top of a remote mountain.
(d) A victorian style house.

13. When the kids return home in Chapter 3, what is Mrs. Murry doing in her lab?
(a) Conducting an experiment and cooking a stew.
(b) Heating a stew with bright red liquid.
(c) Dissecting an animal for an experiment.
(d) On the phone with the government.

14. Who do Charles Wallace, Meg and Fortinbras meet at the house in the woods?
(a) The school principal.
(b) Calvin O'Keefe.
(c) Mrs. Murry.
(d) A policeman.

15. Why does Charles Wallace insist they go and see Mrs. Whatsit in Chapter 2?
(a) Because Mrs. Whatsit is holding their father captive.
(b) Because he wants to find out more about the tesseract.
(c) Because Mrs. Whatsit will give them cookies and milk.
(d) Because Mrs. Whatsit promised to take them to a foreign planet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Happy Medium reluctant to look at the children's home planet?

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

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

4. How many children are bouncing balls out of rhythm in Camazotz?

5. Why does the Happy Medium fall asleep?

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