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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Meg is about to leave on her rescue mission, why does she ask her father for forgiveness?
(a) Because she said she hated him.
(b) Because she accused him of hating Charles Wallace.
(c) Because she called him a bad father.
(d) She made him feel bad.

2. Why does Meg realize she's the only one who can rescue Charles Wallace?
(a) She's already professional at tessering.
(b) She's the closest in age to him.
(c) She has memorized the streets and buildings on Camazotz.
(d) They know and understand each other best.

3. How do the Beasts help Meg recover?
(a) They cleanse her through a series of hot baths.
(b) They hypnotize her using positive thoughts.
(c) They give her wild herbs that cure her paralysis.
(d) They make her feel safe and secure.

4. What does Meg do when Charles Wallace doesn't let her inside the object containing her father?
(a) She tries to reason with him.
(b) She gets down on her knees and begs.
(c) She hurls herself at him.
(d) She kicks him in the head and knocks him down.

5. After being hypnotized, what does Charles Wallace call Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which?
(a) Enemies who confused them.
(b) Old ladies who should be in an elderly home.
(c) A bunch of witches from the east.
(d) A trio of mean old ladies.

6. What finally saves Mr. Murry from being absorbed by IT?
(a) Seeing Meg and Calvin restores his faith.
(b) Seeing Charles Wallace absorbed into IT.
(c) His superior intelligence.
(d) Meeting Mrs. Who.

7. Why does one of the Beasts insist that Meg gets treated promptly?
(a) Because she's experiencing nausea.
(b) Because the Black Thing has paralzyed her brain.
(c) Because the coldness of the Black Thing burns.
(d) Because the coldness of the Black Thing causes flu.

8. Why is Meg so cold in her paralysis?
(a) She didn't bring any warm clothing.
(b) Because she tessered through the Black Thing.
(c) She has a circulation problem and easily gets cold.
(d) She is lying on a snow-covered area.

9. When one of the Things scoops Meg up, what does it tell Mr. Murry it's doing?
(a) Adopting Meg.
(b) Taking the child.
(c) Cradling her to sing her lullabies.
(d) Curing her paralysis.

10. What does the face of the strange man who communicates with Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building look like?
(a) He has blue eyes that remind Meg of her father.
(b) He has no face.
(c) His eyes are bright with a reddish glow.
(d) He has a very sweet face that's hard to describe.

11. What happens when Mr. Murry puts Mrs. Who's glasses on?
(a) He complains that they are not his glasses.
(b) Nothing happens.
(c) He gets out of the glass column.
(d) He reads a massive book in ten seconds.

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

13. Aunt Beast tells Meg that in the fight against the Black Thing, the following helps the Beasts:
(a) Rocks, wood planks and fire.
(b) Deep negative thoughts.
(c) Knives, swords, bows and arrows.
(d) Good, the stars, light, and love.

14. Charles Wallace takes Meg and Calvin to a transparent column. Who is in that column?
(a) Meg's mother, Mrs. Murry.
(b) Meg's father, Mr. Murry.
(c) Calvin's mother.
(d) Meg's brothers, Sandy and Dennys.

15. After she tessers with her father and Calvin out of Camazotz, what happens to Meg?
(a) She loses her eyesight.
(b) She becomes an expert at tessering.
(c) She learns a mysterious new language.
(d) She becomes temporarily paralyzed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Calvin nearly break Charles Wallace out of his spell in Chapter 9?

2. What does the Man with Red Eyes say when Calvin accuses him of hypnotizing Charles Wallace?

3. Although Charles Wallace looks the same after being hypnotized, he acts as if someone has possessed him. How does Meg know this?

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

5. 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?

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