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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Just as Calvin tells Meg she has "dream-boat eyes," who appears from out of nowhere?
(a) Meg's father.
(b) Mrs. Murry.
(c) Mrs. Whatsit.
(d) Charles Wallace.

3. What part of the tesseract were Meg's parents working on before her father disappeared?
(a) They were still only in the conceptual stages.
(b) Going from the fifth to the sixth dimension.
(c) Going from the second to the third dimension.
(d) Going from the fourth to the fifth dimension.

4. What worries Charles Wallace about going to school next year?
(a) He thinks he'll be bored to death
(b) He thinks he knows nothing.
(c) He thinks that if he plays dumb, he'll become dumb.
(d) He thinks it will be hard to fit in.

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

6. During the tesseract, the children nearly stop somewhere before a voice says they can't because _____________________________.
(a) They've accidentally bounced back to earth.
(b) It's a planet whose dimensions they don't know.
(c) It's a two-dimensional planet where they can't materialize.
(d) It's a planet so evil that it will destroy the children.

7. Through Charles Wallace, readers discover that Mrs. Whatsit took something from Mrs. Buncombe. What did she take?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Baking pans.
(c) Towels.
(d) Sheets.

8. What does Mrs. Whatsit give to Charles Wallace before they part ways in Chapter 6?
(a) The resilience of his childhood.
(b) A sword and a Bible.
(c) A slingshot.
(d) A blessing and some private words of advice.

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

10. What is the last thing Mrs. Whatsit says to Charles Wallace before he tessers to Camazotz?
(a) "Only a fool listens to what I have to say."
(b) "Only a fool is not afraid."
(c) "Only fools would venture such a journey."
(d) "You're foolish if you really believe you'll see your father again."

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

12. What does Calvin do in Chapter 4 that Mrs. Whatsit tells him never to do in her presence?
(a) He bows deeply and kisses her hand.
(b) He falls to his knees.
(c) He turns his back on her.
(d) He spits.

13. 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 are herbivores and eat wildflowers only.
(b) They eat mysterious foods not known to humans.
(c) They don't eat.
(d) They eat but not with regular humans like them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 5, where does Mrs. Whatsit say Meg's father is?

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

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