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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Meg and Calvin repeatedly question Charles Wallace on their way to Mr. Murry in Chapter 8. In response, what does he warn them he will do?
(a) Put them to sleep.
(b) Send them to IT.
(c) Send them to a special prison on Camazotz.
(d) Send them to a two-dimensional planet.

2. When Meg can speak in Chapter 10, she tells her father firmly, in a voice that she has never used with him before that they shouldn't have tessered. Why?
(a) Because he's not sure where they are now.
(b) Because she's tired of tessering.
(c) Because they should have just used a plane.
(d) Because now she realizes that he's not so smart.

3. Why does Mr. Murry hand Mrs. Who's glasses back to Meg in Chapter 11?
(a) He doesn't believe in Mrs. Who, so he feels no need to keep them.
(b) They didn't work as Mrs. Who said they would.
(c) Their virtue has gone and they are now only glass.
(d) They are ugly and don't look nice on him.

4. What is the reminder Mrs. Whatsit says about Camazotz that pains Meg?
(a) That the Mrs. W's cannot do anything on Camazotz.
(b) That Charles Wallace has no desire to be rescued.
(c) That if they will likely be imprisoned and put to sleep.
(d) That they have never been interested in Camazotz.

5. At one point in Chapter 8, Charles Wallace leads Calvin and Meg through a wall by raising his hand. What exactly did he do to get through a solid wall?
(a) His supernatural strengths crushed the wall.
(b) The wall was a figment of Meg's and Calvin's imagination.
(c) He performed magic and made the wall disappear.
(d) He rearranged the atoms in the wall.

6. Why does the beast tell Meg she can't go to rescue her brother just yet?
(a) Because it's too dark outside to see anything.
(b) Because Mr. Murry and Calvin aren't well either.
(c) Because she's not well enough.
(d) Because she has to wait for Mrs. Whatsit.

7. What does Calvin attempt with Charles Wallace in Chapter 8 that nearly costs him and Meg to lose their chance to get to Mr. Murry?
(a) He tries to pin Charles to the floor.
(b) He hugs Charles warmly and congratulates him.
(c) He punches Charles very hard.
(d) He tries to trick him into thinking he and Meg agree.

8. When the Thing picks Meg up, how many of its arms does it use to cradle her?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Just one.
(d) Three.

9. How does the man with strange eyes react to Meg's action toward Charles when Charles was looking into the strange man's eyes?
(a) He becomes angry, and impatient.
(b) He gets off his stage and jumps onto Meg.
(c) He has no reaction.
(d) He smiles in admiration of her strength.

10. What are the Things in Chapter 10?
(a) The things that Mr. Murry needs to get his son back.
(b) Little insects that bother Meg.
(c) The inhabitants of an unnamed planet.
(d) No one knows.

11. Why won't the Mrs. W's help Mr. Murry tesser back to Camazotz?
(a) Because they are not good at tessering themselves.
(b) Because they're too tired to teach proper tessering.
(c) Because they somehow know he will not succeed.
(d) Because they instantly dislike Mr. Murry.

12. Although Charles Wallace looks the same after being hypnotized, he acts as if someone has possessed him. How does Meg know this?
(a) He calls her Mother.
(b) His eyes turn cold and strange.
(c) He calls her Margaret.
(d) He calls her Mary.

13. Why is Mr. Murry able to keep from being absorbed by IT?
(a) His biological makeup makes it difficult for IT to absorb.
(b) He is smarter than IT.
(c) He fools IT by dressing like the man with Red Eyes.
(d) Mr. Murry refuses and resists, which IT is unused to.

14. When Meg is reunited with her father at the Beasts' dining table, why does she feel distant from him?
(a) He doesn't show much interest in her recovery.
(b) He's not properly concerned about Charles Wallace.
(c) He seems more determined to get back to his wife.
(d) He's not sweet and soft nor as tall as the Beasts.

15. What does Meg give her father in Chapter 9 when she realizes what is wrong with him upon their being reunited?
(a) Mrs. Who's glasses.
(b) Some food.
(c) A family photograph.
(d) A lock of her mother's hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes up with the idea for the name "Aunt Beast"?

2. What finally saves Mr. Murry from being absorbed by IT?

3. Charles Wallace pulls Meg and Calvin aside in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building to tell them what?

4. When Charles focuses on the strange man's eyes in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building, why does Meg jump on her younger brother with all her might?

5. Why does Meg conclude in Chapter 10 that her father isn't very good at tessering?

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