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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the children and the ladies going to visit in Chapter 5?
(a) A wise old man.
(b) The Happy Medium.
(c) Mrs. Who's parents.
(d) A very old cranky woman.

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

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

4. What does Charles Wallace offer to make in the kitchen?
(a) Fondue.
(b) Cheese and macaroni.
(c) Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
(d) Cocoa and a liverwurst-and-cream-cheese sandwich.

5. How old is Calvin?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Sixteen.

6. 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.

7. What is the individual that the children meet in the haunted house in Chapter 2 wearing and doing?
(a) She's wearing a witch's costume and is sewing.
(b) She's wearing sunglasses and is knitting.
(c) She's wearing a black suit and is reading a book.
(d) She's wearing thick glasses and is sewing.

8. What happens in Chapter 4 when Meg suddenly finds herself alone in darkness and has no sense of where she is?
(a) She can't feel her body or anything around her.
(b) Strange people appear before her.
(c) She's very sleepy and awakens in the darkness.
(d) She's tired and wishes she could go back to sleep.

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

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

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

12. What prompted Calvin to go to the haunted house?
(a) Someone told Calvin that he would find a treasure there.
(b) He got lost on his way home.
(c) A compulsion that he simply needed to go there.
(d) A school assignment.

13. When the children and the ladies are about to tesser in Chapter 5, who goes first?
(a) Charles Wallace.
(b) Meg.
(c) Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which.
(d) Charles Wallace, Calvin and Meg.

14. What is Meg's first impression of Camazotz upon arriving?
(a) There's something frightening about it.
(b) It is so welcoming that she wants to stay forever.
(c) It looks very much like earth.
(d) It is so eerie she cannot imagine anything living there.

15. 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 so evil that it will destroy the children.
(c) It's a planet whose dimensions they don't know.
(d) It's a two-dimensional planet where they can't materialize.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Calvin come to the house in Chapter 2?

2. How old does Mrs. Whatsit say she is?

3. Why isn't Charles Wallace scared or suspicious of Mrs. Who when he meets her?

4. Who is Fortinbras?

5. What did Mrs. Whatsit not mean to tell the children about being a star?

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