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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Meg's bedroom?
(a) In the attic.
(b) At the back of the house.
(c) She shares a room with Charles Wallace.
(d) In the basement.

2. What is the individual that the children meet in the haunted house in Chapter 2 wearing and doing?
(a) She's wearing thick glasses 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 a witch's costume and is sewing.

3. When Meg finally joins Charles Wallace and Calvin in Chapter 4, what does she first notice about her surroundings?
(a) She's in a place that's identical to the one she left.
(b) She's in an ugly, neglected, and scary looking field.
(c) She's in a field with exotic animals.
(d) She's in a beautiful sunlit field on a fine spring day.

4. Why is Meg bored in math class?
(a) Because her father taught her clever shortcuts to solving problems.
(b) Because she doesn't like math and would rather study literature.
(c) Because nothing the math teacher says makes sense.
(d) Because she would rather solve the world's problems than math problems.

5. 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.

6. Why is school "all wrong" for Meg in Chapter 1?
(a) The classes are too easy and boring for Meg.
(b) She's been dropped to the lowest section in her grade.
(c) The school uniforms are not fashionable.
(d) No boys like Meg.

7. When the children and the ladies arrive at their new destination in Chapter 5, what does Mrs. Whatsit look like?
(a) Mrs. Whatsit looks much younger.
(b) Mrs. Whatsit looks identical to Mrs. Who.
(c) The children can't see Mrs. Whatsit.
(d) Her old self, in tramp-like clothing.

8. 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) Mrs. Whatsit.
(b) Mrs. Buncombe.
(c) The Tramp.
(d) The school principal.

9. When Meg first sees Mrs. Whatsit in Chapter 1, how is she dressed?
(a) Bundles up in men's clothing.
(b) Bundled up in scarves from head to toe.
(c) Bundled up with several scarves tied over her head.
(d) Bundled up in soft, warm clothes and a pretty hat on.

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

11. Why is the Happy Medium reluctant to look at the children's home planet?
(a) She doesn't like to look at unpleasant things.
(b) She doesn't like the shape of their planet.
(c) She doesn't think their planet is interesting.
(d) She would rather look at Uriel.

12. How does the author describe Calvin O'Keefe when Meg and Charles Wallace first meet him?
(a) Tall, with black hair, pale skin and blue eyes.
(b) Tall, with orange hair, freckles, and blue eyes.
(c) Tall and blond.
(d) Short with black hair and blue eyes.

13. Who was Charles Wallace with when he discovered where Mrs. Whatsit and her friends lived?
(a) Mrs. Murry.
(b) No one.
(c) Fortinbras.
(d) Sandy and Dennys.

14. What does Mrs. Who tell Meg she must learn in order to help her father?
(a) Persistence.
(b) Pathological lying.
(c) How to fly a plane.
(d) Patience.

15. When Calvin says he's horrible in math, what does Mrs. Murry suggest he do?
(a) Get help from Charles Wallace who's a genius.
(b) Give up math and focus on literature.
(c) Get help from Meg who's a math genius.
(d) Get a good math tutor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Meg's first impression of Camazotz upon arriving?

2. Despite what Mr. Jenkins the Principal says, Meg still believes her father is returning. Why?

3. As stated in Chapter 5, how will the group travel?

4. 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?

5. A boy on his paper route stops and asks Calvin, Meg, and Charles Wallace what they're doing on the street when only who is allowed out?

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