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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Calvin say to Meg on their way to her house in Chapter 3?
(a) He's happy they will never meet again after today.
(b) He's happy they met but won't be good friends.
(c) He's happy they met and thinks they'll become friends.
(d) He's happy to know that the rumors about Meg are true.

2. What explanation does Mrs. Whatsit give for stopping on the planet they do in Chapter 4?
(a) To decide whether they should all continue the journey.
(b) To use the restroom.
(c) To look at the pretty and unusual flowers.
(d) For everyone to catch his breath before going on.

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

4. Meg asks her mother to tell her more about the tesseract in Chapter 3, but what does Mrs. Murry tell her instead?
(a) Walk to the library and research it herself.
(b) Go for a walk with Calvin.
(c) Walk to the supermarket and pick up some milk.
(d) To forget about it; it was nothing after all.

5. When Meg slides off Mrs. Whatsit's back in Chapter 4, what does she ask Mrs. Which about the dark shadow?
(a) "Is that dark thing a new weather pattern?"
(b) "Is that what my father is fighting?"
(c) "What is that dark thing called?"
(d) "Is my father's research going to eliminate the dark thing? "

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

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

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

9. When Charles Wallace, Meg, and Calvin enter town on Camazotz, what do they think is odd about the children?
(a) They speak a strange language.
(b) They hold skip ropes and balls but aren't play with them.
(c) They are all skipping rope and bouncing balls in rhythm.
(d) They aren't children but small adults.

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

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

12. What does the individual that the children meet in the haunted house in Chapter 2 call Charles Wallace and Meg?
(a) Charles Wallace and Meg.
(b) Charlsie and Megsie.
(c) Charles and his Big Sister.
(d) Chuck and Mags.

13. What happens to Mrs. Whatsit before they leave the planet they landed on in Chapter 4?
(a) She passes out with excitement.
(b) She is kidnapped by a creature that looks like a Centaur.
(c) She transforms into a massive and beautiful flying creature.
(d) She morphs into a very large man.

14. According to Mrs. Whatsit, how long has the Dark Thing been darkening the beauty of the earth?
(a) A good many years.
(b) About one year.
(c) Less than one year.
(d) A couple of years.

15. Why does Meg get into a fight with a boy after school?
(a) Because he called her twin brothers normal.
(b) The boy makes fun of her glasses.
(c) Because he called her little brother dumb.
(d) The boy grabs her books from her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Meg enters the kitchen at the beginning of the book, who is already there?

2. When Mrs. Whatsit rests on a plateau in Chapter 4, what does she show the children?

3. When Calvin says he's horrible in math, what does Mrs. Murry suggest he do?

4. How does Meg feel when she notices the dark shadow?

5. During the tesseract, the children nearly stop somewhere before a voice says they can't because _____________________________.

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