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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Soon after Meg is reunited with her father in Chapter 9, what, to her horror, does she realize about him?
(a) That it's not her father.
(b) That her father is near death.
(c) That he cannot hear her.
(d) That he cannot see.

2. Why can't Meg hug Mrs. Whatsit when she sees her again in Chapter 12?
(a) Because Mrs. Whatsit is covered in a mist from the Black Thing.
(b) Because Mrs. Whatsit is now so fat Meg can't wrap her arms around the old lady.
(c) Because Mrs. Whatsit hasn't completely materialized.
(d) Mrs. Whatsit lost her arms in her most recent fight against the Black Thing.

3. After the Man with Red Eyes orders his men to release Meg and Calvin, he identifies himself as __________________.
(a) The Deputy Head of CENTRAL Central Intelligence.
(b) The Prime Planner.
(c) The Prime Suspect.
(d) The Prime Coordinator.

4. What does the Man with Red Eyes say when Calvin accuses him of hypnotizing Charles Wallace?
(a) He thinks hypnotized is a primitive way of describing it.
(b) He calls Charles's state of mind sweet and kind.
(c) He completely agrees Charles is hypnotized.
(d) The Man with Red Eyes says nothing at all.

5. Charles Wallace pulls Meg and Calvin aside in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building to tell them what?
(a) Meet with Mrs. Whatsit and see if she'll let him go on his own.
(b) To let the Man with the Red Eyes hypnotize him.
(c) Leave this CENTRAL Central Intelligence place.
(d) Get hypnotized because it might help him fit in at school.

6. Meg and Charles Wallace refuse to let Calvin go into the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building by himself. Why?
(a) Because Meg is scared of being alone with Charles Wallace.
(b) Meg thinks that Calvin has a bad sense of direction and will exit the wrong way.
(c) Because Mrs. Whatsit said they must always be together.
(d) Charles Wallace is suspicious and thinks Calvin might be up to something.

7. Who comes up with the idea for the name "Aunt Beast"?
(a) The beast.
(b) Mr. Murry.
(c) One of the other beasts.
(d) Meg.

8. What do Calvin, Meg, and Charles Wallace see at the end of the room filled with machines in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building?
(a) A platform made to look like a boxing ring.
(b) A platform with just a chair on it and nothing else.
(c) A platform with ballerinas dancing to music.
(d) A platform with a chair, and a man.

9. What is the name of the Beasts' planet?
(a) Camazotz Two.
(b) Little Uriel.
(c) Land of the Beasts.
(d) Ixchel.

10. Why is Mr. Murry unsure how long he was imprisoned on Camazotz?
(a) Because his captors played mind games with him.
(b) Because Camazotz rotates backwards on its axis.
(c) Because no one uses clocks or calendars there.
(d) Because time there is inverted.

11. Aside from Mrs. Whatsit, who else is certain that Meg will not encounter a fatal danger when she goes to rescue Charles Wallace?
(a) The Happy Medium.
(b) Aunt Beast.
(c) Calvin.
(d) Mr. Murry.

12. How does the man with strange eyes in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building try to control the children's minds?
(a) He talks about basketball to Calvin.
(b) He recites multiplication tables.
(c) He tries to befriend Meg by telling her she's beautiful.
(d) He sings children's songs.

13. In Chapter 11, Calvin urges Meg to try explaining to everyone who Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which are, but when Meg tries, she fumbles. Why?
(a) She only describes the women's appearances.
(b) Since her paralysis, she has forgotten many words.
(c) She realizes that she liked Mrs. Whatsit the most.
(d) She can't remember what each woman looks like.

14. 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 a very sweet face that's hard to describe.
(b) He has blue eyes that remind Meg of her father.
(c) His eyes are bright with a reddish glow.
(d) He has no face.

15. Despite escaping IT with her father, why does Meg feel things have gotten worse and worse?
(a) She isn't back home with her mother.
(b) She is now in a place that is drearier than Camazotz.
(c) Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which never appear.
(d) She is frozen, and IT still has her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Charles Wallace react to Meg rushing to the object containing their father in Chapter 9?

2. After she tessers with her father and Calvin out of Camazotz, what happens to Meg?

3. When Meg is about to leave on her rescue mission, why does she ask her father for forgiveness?

4. What eventually gets Meg through the object containing her father and able to get to him?

5. Mrs. Whatsit says the reason that Mr. Murry is bad at tessering is:

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