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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does school principal Jenkins call Meg when he scolds her in his office?
(a) The most beautiful and brilliant child in school.
(b) The most intelligent and cooperative child in school.
(c) The most belligerent, uncooperative child in school.
(d) The most bizarre and frightening child in school.

2. Why does Mrs. Whatsit give each child a flower for the journey?
(a) So that they will look nice during their journey.
(b) The flowers will give them the oxygen they will need.
(c) The flowers smell nice at high altitudes.
(d) Because the flowers have magical qualities.

3. Charles Wallace and Mrs. Murry offer food to Mrs. Whatsit. She expresses a fondness for what?
(a) Russian caviar.
(b) Liverwurst.
(c) Marshmallows and cocoa.
(d) Bread and jam.

4. When Meg enters the kitchen at the beginning of the book, who is already there?
(a) Mrs. Murry.
(b) Sandy and Dennys.
(c) Charles Wallace.
(d) Mrs. Buncombe, the constable's wife.

5. Who accompanies Meg on the flight to see the Black Thing?
(a) Calvin and Mrs. Whatsit.
(b) Charles Wallace, Calvin, and Mrs. Whatsit.
(c) Charles Wallace, Calvin, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Whatsit.
(d) Charles Wallace and Mrs. Whatsit.

6. In Chapter 5, where does Mrs. Whatsit say Meg's father is?
(a) On a planet that the Happy Medium will show them.
(b) On a rocket that has landed on an unnamed planet.
(c) On a planet that has only two dimensions.
(d) On a planet that has given in.

7. 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?
(a) The Tramp.
(b) Mrs. Whatsit.
(c) The school principal.
(d) Mrs. Buncombe.

8. What do the children see when they look into the Happy Medium's ball?
(a) They see their planet as it is in photographs.
(b) They see only the oceans.
(c) They see Uriel not their planet.
(d) They see their planet covered with the Dark Thing.

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

10. on what planet have the children landed in Chapter 4?
(a) Orion, the planet where the stars are very close together all the time.
(b) Ariel, the planet where everything is clean because stars shine on it.
(c) On an obscure planet whose identity no one knows because it's just a pit-stop.
(d) Uriel, the third planet of the star Malak in the spiral nebula Messier 101.

11. As the children fly up in Chapter 4, why does Meg look at Charles Wallace with a bit of sadness?
(a) She thinks he's being mean to her.
(b) She feels he's growing away from her.
(c) She thinks he's a secret spy.
(d) She realizes that he's smarter than she.

12. What does Mrs. Who give to Meg in Chapter 6?
(a) A Shakespearean sonnet.
(b) A secret map of Camazotz.
(c) A book of spells and wizardry.
(d) Her glasses.

13. After Mrs. Whatsit metamorphoses, what do the children call her?
(a) Mrs. Flying Unicorn.
(b) Mrs. W.
(c) Beautiful Lady.
(d) Mrs. Whatsit.

14. Along the way, Meg hears some birds who seem to be telling her something. Who translates their words for her?
(a) Mrs. Whatsit.
(b) A strange voice in the ether.
(c) Charles Wallace.
(d) Calvin.

15. What is the weather like the night Mrs. Whatsit appeared at the Murry house?
(a) Rainy and hailing.
(b) Sunny and breezy.
(c) Overcast, about to rain.
(d) Dark and stormy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Charles Wallace, Meg, and Calvin enter town on Camazotz, what do they think is odd about the children?

2. What is the last thing Mrs. Whatsit says to Charles Wallace before he tessers to Camazotz?

3. What is the individual that the children meet in the haunted house in Chapter 2 wearing and doing?

4. When Meg first sees Mrs. Whatsit in Chapter 1, how is she dressed?

5. How could Mrs. Who's manner of speech be described?

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