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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Calvin read to Charles Wallace before putting him to bed in Chapter 3?
(a) Genesis.
(b) Oasis.
(c) The Lord of the Rings.
(d) The New Testament.

2. What does Mrs. Whatsit say they do instead of travel at the speed of anything?
(a) Ride broomsticks.
(b) They travel at whatever speed of time.
(c) Tesser.
(d) They jump over ponds.

3. How does Mrs. Murry explain that Charles Wallace may look like other people but is different?
(a) He possesses magical powers.
(b) It isn't physical, it's in essence.
(c) He's really good at hiding how different he is.
(d) One leg is shorter than the other.

4. Whose vegetable garden do Meg and Calvin walk through in Chapter 3?
(a) The Twins' vegetable garden.
(b) Meg's vegetable garden.
(c) Charles Wallace's vegetable garden.
(d) The neighbors' vegetable garden.

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

6. Why are Sandy and Dennys upset that they weren't awakened when the "tramp" was in the house?
(a) They wanted to report the tramp to the police.
(b) They wanted to retrieve Mrs. Buncombe's sheets.
(c) Because they wanted to protect their mother and family.
(d) Because they wanted to join the fun.

7. 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?
(a) Delivery people.
(b) Police.
(c) Route Boys.
(d) Employees of the newspaper company.

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

9. 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) The school principal.
(c) Mrs. Whatsit.
(d) Mrs. Buncombe.

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

11. What does Mrs. Whatsit say in Chapter 1 that makes Mrs. Murry's face turn white?
(a) She says there is such a thing as a tesseract.
(b) She says that Mr. Murry is in the garden.
(c) Good intentions won't make one happy.
(d) She says that the universe is made up of evil.

12. Who is Fortinbras?
(a) The Murry family dog.
(b) Meg's father.
(c) The Constable.
(d) The mailman.

13. Why does Charles Wallace agree to take Fortinbras with them into the woods?
(a) He needs the exercise.
(b) Because he's a fierce guard dog who will protect them.
(c) Because Meg likes walking the dog.
(d) He uses his sense of smell to find places.

14. Why does Calvin come to the house in Chapter 2?
(a) Because he's avoiding his family.
(b) Because he's homeless and looking for shelter.
(c) Because he thought it would be neat to live on his own.
(d) Because his family kicked him out of their house.

15. What does Calvin call Charles Wallace in Chapter 2?
(a) Moron.
(b) Charles Wallace.
(c) Charlsie.
(d) Little one.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Calvin goes to a house to return the ball that a little boy dropped on the street, the boy's mother is reluctant to let him in because ____________________.

4. What happens to Mrs. Whatsit before they leave the planet they landed on in Chapter 4?

5. According to Mrs. Whatsit, how long has the Dark Thing been darkening the beauty of the earth?

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